A 'beautiful' ballroom and a new Lincoln bathroom: Trump relishes remaking the White House

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WASHINGTON — One of Donald Trump’s most visible and potentially enduring legacies as president could be the 90,000-square-foot ballroom that he is planning to build, replacing the East Wing edifice traditionally used for the first lady’s offices.

The project, set to begin in September, looms as the biggest transformation of the White House complex since Harry Truman’s day. Perhaps fitting for the onetime New York real estate developer who branded buildings worldwide with his name, Trump has taken to remaking the White House in accord with his tastes since beginning his second term.

The president told NBC News in an interview that the new ballroom will forgo the need to shuttle guests to tents pitched on the South Lawn for events that are too large for the White House to accommodate.

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Since returning to office, Trump has set about making an imprint on his White House surroundings. He told NBC News he is replacing what he described as a “terribly” remodeled bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom with one that is truer to the style of the 16th president’s era.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/beautiful-ballroom-lincoln-bathroom-trump-205049488.html

A gold plated shitter.

[cloudbase]

1. To maintain historical accuracy,

the Lincoln bathroom should be a two-holer.

[Docreed2003]

2. 90'000 square feet????

That's bigger than the WH residence by nearly double

[rsdsharp]

5. And he's apparently going to tear down the east wing to do it.

He doesn’t own the White House. He’s a (rent free) tenant. This isn’t putting a nail into a wall to hang a picture (or gold leaf). It’s major construction — and demolition.

[sop]

3. Projected cost: $200,000,000.

"President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House, with a projected $200 million price tag, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday."

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/white-house-ballroom-trump

[Kid Berwyn]

4. "Trump is a moron fixated by fabric swatches."

...per his biographer.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212088139

[GiqueCee]

6. Oh, no...

... this isn't waste and fraud on steroids! This isn't the narcissistic indulgence of an ego so pitifully fragile that the softest suggestion to reconsider is met with thundering rage and threats of prosecution for God only knows what fevered fabrications.
Just give the fat fraud his binky.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. The White House is the People's House

[a kennedy]

8. "replacing the East Wing edifice traditionally used for the first lady's offices"

Well this makes sense, his “First Lady” doesn’t use them soooooooooo……..

[EndlessWire]

9. Whenever I think about this ballroom

I think about the ballroom in "The Shining." Who's going to attend a party there? Here's a guy who feeds champions take out burgers. A hamberder guy for a $200 million disgusting filigreed monstrosity.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Does anyone really believe that trump will be paying for this eyesore?