Donald Trump is back to doing what he does best — changing the game and triggering the left in the process.
On Miranda Devine’s Pod Force One podcast, the president dropped his latest plan for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: a brand-new White House ballroom. And not just any ballroom — a grand, 600-to-700-seat venue for hosting foreign leaders, state dinners, and the kind of events that currently require, as Trump put it, “a tent … soaking wet, soggy … a disaster.”
“For 150 years, they’ve wanted to have a ballroom … We’ll start in two months … and we’ll have it completed in less than two years,” says @POTUS on his plan to build a ballroom at the White House.
“It’s going to be beautiful … A great tribute to the White House.” pic.twitter.com/fKzBrNC243
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 29, 2025
“In the White House, as you know, for 150 years, they’ve wanted to have a ballroom. They don’t have a ballroom,” Trump said. “If I win this second time, I’m gonna build a ballroom. A beautiful ballroom for the White House … It’s going to be something.”
When pressed on when the work would start, Trump said the goal is two to two-and-a-half months for groundbreaking, with completion in under two years. “A lot of it’s the interior work. It’s going to be beautiful … a great tribute to the White House,” he added.
President Trump made history – again!
This week, the President installed two big, beautiful flagpoles at his own expense. For the first time, the American flag was raised on the White House lawn! pic.twitter.com/7lbimEJx8C
— GOP (@GOP) June 20, 2025
This move follows Trump’s other big cosmetic changes, including the installation of two 100-foot flagpoles on the North and South Lawns — at his own expense. That project wrapped up in June, with Trump proudly describing them as “two beautiful poles” topped with massive American flags.
And of course, we all know how this movie ends: meltdown mode.
The same people who lost their minds over Melania Trump’s Rose Garden redesign — remember the New York Times headline comparing her to Marie Antoinette? — will now get to hyperventilate about a ballroom and two flagpoles. Expect the usual talking heads to declare that Trump is turning the White House into “Mar-a-Lago East” or some other overwrought nonsense.
🚨 NOW: President Trump’s 2 brand new MASSIVE American flags waving in front of both sides of the White House.
Absolutely stunning.
The Left hates this image. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next Democrat president tries to take them down. Because it wasn’t their idea. pic.twitter.com/oN0MVHRIRq
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 8, 2025
But here’s the thing: Trump’s not wrong. The White House — for all its historical grandeur — doesn’t actually have a proper ballroom. State dinners are either cramped inside or thrown in tents on the lawn. A permanent ballroom would modernize the place while giving America’s seat of power the kind of space foreign dignitaries expect when they visit.
Will Democrats and the media scream? Absolutely. Will Trump care? Not one bit. Because that’s the point.
