Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality

[douglas9]

The renderings are complete, the architects and contractors have been hired. After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. According to the White House, the work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million.

"President Trump is a builder at heart and has an extraordinary eye for detail," said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a statement on Thursday. "The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserving the special history of the White House while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future Administrations and generations of Americans to come."

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/31/nx-s1-5487590/trump-ballroom-white-house

[Turbineguy]

1. Trump will be the most expensive president of the US in all time.

[Beaverhausen]

2. Pretty sure there are rooms already there to hold big events

Because, you know, they have big events there quite often.

what the actual fuck???

[underpants]

15. Like this?

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[Vinca]

3. Does this mean we'll get to see him dressed up like a demented penguin on home turf?

[CTyankee]

5. Oh, I hope so! Even tho I hate to see his ugly face and body, I will enjoy more embarassing stories showing him fat and

ugly and Melanoma scowling (if she shows up).

[DBoon]

34. maybe he will dress up like this

He keeps referring to himself as a king...

[Norrrm]

55. Not with his cankles.

[wcmagumba]

4. WTF? This is another of Mad King Donald's "dreams"...Next he'll be placing huge golden statues on every corner...

so we can always see and realize his total awesomeness. Holy Mother of Dog...

[Kid Berwyn]

6. $200 million of our money.

...used for trump's enjoyment.

[Oopsie Daisy]

7. Oh good god... it will look like a baroque bordello. Tacky tacky tacky.

[sheshe2]

33. It looks like a whore house.

[3catwoman3]

46. Since the first time I saw the upper picture, I've wondered how Melania's dress...

...maintained that flared out position. Hidden wires?

[Oopsie Daisy]

56. Good guess. Everything about them all is fake.

[Chellee]

67. OMG, somebody built a building and f'd up his view.

I love that so much.

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. He acts like he's going to be there forever

when the reality is that he'll probably be dead before Christmas.Then how long will we have to wait for the monstrosity he's turned OUR White House into to be turned into anything resembling what it once was? I'm sure even Usha has better taste.

[Aristus]

12. His imminent death has been a reality since 2015.

Still waiting for reality to strike.

This asshole will live forever just to spite all those who hate him.

[Dave Bowman]

13. I haven't been so impatient about Christmas comming since I was a kid.

[kimbutgar]

58. For some reason the devil keeps him alive to torture us!

[haele]

64. Actually, I'm not so sure it's him.

Could be one of the kids, or one of his Televangelist/Hedge Fund FOAs (Friends of the Administration ) who want to use the White House as the backdrop for a huge grifting event venue.
Honestly, think about it.
"Come to the White House, visit with the Leader of the Free World, be part of a World Changing Event!". Possibly hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Grift and lots of skinny, big lipped botoxed mature ladies in tight spangled dresses, stiletto heels, hanging on the arms of buck-toothed nepo-babies trying to look important and relive their private school glory days.

[Dave Bowman]

9. As usual the result will be something kitsch and in very poor taste.

And $200 million? Give me a f*cking break.

[underpants]

21. I think this is the artist's rendering

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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[Maeve]

25. All his taste is in his mouth

[Ocelot II]

26. Mierda Lardo on steroids.

And Trump is personally paying for it? Riiiight...

[PSPS]

27. LOL. "And Trump is PERSONALLY paying for it." -- Um, no he isn't.

[MIButterfly]

37. No, DJT will not be paying for it. He pays for nothing.

The people who lost their Medicaid will pay for it.

Who is that Nick Sorter clown anyway? Making the White House great again? Uh, no.

[underpants]

44. RW Influencer

B level I think.

Everyday it’s everyone’s take on the same stories

[MIButterfly]

66. Thanks, underpants.

I never heard of him but he sounds just like every other right wing nut job. Lord knows, there are far too many of them as it is.

[senseandsensibility]

41. Personally paying for it?

I seriously doubt that.

[underpants]

42. Supposedly private contributions you know, literally paying praise for Dear Leader

[Tommy Carcetti]

43. Leaning heavily into to the gold trim he's been pushing, I see.

Also, it looks like he plans to have the White House covered in some sort of permafrost?

[underpants]

51. Versailles Hall of Mirrors.

As I read here not to long ago, this was what was expected of him at least by the author of the piece. The Hall of Mirrors, as I read, is seen as both an example of excess and an architectural/design joke.

I’ve been to Versailles. Nice place.

[3catwoman3]

48. BS. He never pays for anything.

[tanyev]

50. Might as well call it The Trumpkin Ballroom.

[Dave Bowman]

59. "And Trump is PERSONALLY paying for it."

Yeah, right, and pigs finally fly.

[allegorical oracle]

62. He said he and donors were paying, but CBS News said the donors haven't been named. nt

[underpants]

65. Then they don't want to be named.

The flippant convenient is that’s it’s the Saudis. Pocket change to them. It’s mostly rich ass people pandering to him. It’s a bribe either way.

[jls4561]

10. I hope anyone foolish enough to take a WH tour before the next administration can debrothel it will be issued a barf bag

[Ocelot II]

11. Why does the White House need a fucking ballroom?

The damn thing has been around for 200 years and every administration has managed just fine without a ballroom, even during a period when people actually held formal balls.

[underpants]

20. The East Room

The East Room of the White House has a capacity of about 200 people for a seated dinner. It's the largest room in the White House and is used for a variety of events, including dances, receptions, concerts, and ceremonies, according to the Clinton White House archives. For larger events, the White House has traditionally used outdoor tents on the South Lawn. However, a new ballroom with a 650-person capacity is under construction.

[Ocelot II]

23. And yet for 200 years the East Room has been just fine for large events,

even for actual balls. Why do we need to pay for a 650-person capacity ballroom? Just because Trump wants everything to be big and covered in gold?

[underpants]

24. See post 21 for pics.

[haele]

36. But the sexy ladies in stiletto heels can't walk around on the South Lawn...

That's his problem. He can't wander through adoring throngs of high class diners or event attendees without possibly slipping on the uneven grass.

[Aristus]

14. The White House has a ballroom. It's called The East Room.

Why does a president with no balls want a ballroom anyway?

[underpants]

18. Exactly

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[TygrBright]

19. You made yogurt come out my nose, dammit! n/t

[Aristus]

35. And you haven't had yogurt in a week!

[TygrBright]

16. How much of my tax $ will it cost to strip all the vulgar gold doodads when he's gone? n/t

[Wounded Bear]

17. He doesn't dance. Maybe put in a pole for Milange...nt

[Torchlight]

22. At the cost of only 650 typical college educations

or 100 million low-cost, nutritious meals. Or 10-15 elementary schools. But Mr. trump wants to have the biggest balls of them all... so screw the poor, the hungry, the tired.

[dalton99a]

28. He should start interviewing pole dancers

[Deep State Witch]

30. I've Got Big Balls

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. If I am not mistaken, the National Building Museum gets drafted for this purpose, if need be. NT

[Norbert]

32. Ball room? Is that for dancing or some other activity?

[newdeal2]

38. I would have thought this stuff takes decades to plan

He’s going to demolish and rebuild the most historic house in America in just a few short months with no checks. And he’s spending $200M on it and no one blinks an eye.

[Deuxcents]

39. My thoughts, too. This is *OUR* House..the People's House has history, traditions and I can assure ya

He’s not doing this for future administrations or generations..he’s doing this to hold his galas at our expense. I just don’t understand how he can put in a 90,000 sq ft ball room without some kind of review from the organization that’s responsible for the maintenance, care and restoration of our facilities.

[ITAL]

49. Yeah just about everything in DC has to go thru multiple reviews

The Ike Memorial took like 30+ years to get through that maze. Not sure how he's getting away with this.

[rsdsharp]

40. The White House has 132 rooms, exclusive of the East and West Wings.

The floor area is about 55,000 square feet. Donnie Dumbass proposes to nearly double that for a ballroom? A ballroom? The piece of shit has held two state dinners. Two.
Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but I question what kind of ball[ing] this “room” will be used for.

Where are they going to put it? The northern part of the south lawn is a hell-port. The southern half has a large fountain, as does the north lawn. Is one of those going to be ripped out like the Rose Garden? Who gave this tasteless piece of shit carte blanche to fuck with OUR White House?

[EarthFirst]

45. This type of project should be offered up as a referendum to the electorate...

…the American taxpayer.

Any major infrastructure project that significantly alters the White House should be subject to a referendum by the United States citizens.

Failed to pass; tough shit!

[electric_blue68]

47. An Extroidinary Eye for GARISH Details, that is.

[electric_blue68]

52. NOT Needed! And from the drawings it looks like it'll take up about ?25% of the South Lawn? Bah!

[pfitz59]

53. Trump's events have been obscene

Serving cold, stale fast food to elite athletes? Hosting 3rd tier entertainment? Having 'super spreader' bended knee events during covid? He has no class, no taste, a tin ear and foul eating habits. Fuck him and his burnt steak with ketchup.

[bullimiami]

54. Cheap as fuck with his own money.

Throws opm around like water.
Makes him feel big and rich.

[Stinky The Clown]

57. Rip it the fuck out when he's gone

[DET]

60. What, no cherubs on the ceiling?

Between his nouveau Versailles and his ‘free’ airplane reconstruction - plus whatever ridiculous monstrosity he decides to build or acquire next - he’s going to bankrupt the country to satisfy his need for obscene excess. What happened to ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’?

[Swede]

61. They should have a drive through.

Order coffee and breakfast sandwich on the way to work.

[usonian]

63. Guess something has to replace Little Saint James ball room.

Expecting lots of velvet art.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

68. The White House is the People's House

[EndlessWire]

69. He'll definitely put

his own portrait in there. Or, maybe a statue of himself. I expect that when he's finally gone, someone will TP the thing.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

70. Does anyone really believe that trump will really pay for this eyesore?