Trump’s New White House Ballroom Has One Major Problem for the Left: It’s Awesome
By Ward Clark | 1:32 PM on May 19, 2026
In addition to Making America Great Again, President Trump is working to Make Washington, D.C. Beautiful Again, and that's a good thing. On Tuesday, President Trump, speaking to the assembled media on the White House grounds, provided some updates and commentary on the status of the ongoing White House ballroom construction. Key takeaway: President Trump notes that his administration will get little if any use out of this, as it won't be finished in time, but future administrations will.
That was, in fact, his primary point.
The president said:
When this is finished, my term ends, shortly after that. This is really for other presidents, this is not for me. This is my gift to the United States of America. I'm going to be able to use it very little, because when it's finished, we're talking about six or seven months. But it will be used for, hopefully, hundreds of years for other presidents, and there will never be anything like this build again. There will never be another room built with the safety. As an example, if we had the White House Correspondent's Dinner in here, it would have no problem.
The White House is more than just another federal building. It's the home of the president, the commander-in-chief of our military, the head of the executive branch, the head of state for our nation. It should be modern. It should have all the whistles and bells. We are America, for crying out loud; we don't do things half-way.
Then, the president spoke on the size of the ballroom and the cost of construction.
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