(Washington DC) – Demolition crews tore into the East Wing this week, kicking off President Trump’s $250 million White House State Ballroom—a grand, 90,000-square-foot venue that will seat up to 999 dignitaries, finally giving the greatest nation on earth a space worthy of its stature.
We’ve been cramming world leaders into the cramped East Room, a 200-seat relic where state events feel like a fire-code violation, or hiding behind tents on the lawn that look like a bad backyard wedding.
This isn’t vanity; it’s necessity. For 150 years, presidents have dreamed of a proper ballroom to host grand galas and summits without apology.
According to Al-Jazeera of all things, Trump is delivering it—privately funded, no taxpayer dime wasted.
But the Left? They’re apoplectic, screeching about “desecration” and “wrecking balls” as if Trump invented renovations.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck “Hair Plugs” Schumer, that perpetual font of sanctimonious gaslighting who now lives in fear of AOC, couldn’t wait to lie through his teeth. “Where does this money come from? Did Congress appropriate it? I don’t think so,” he whined at a presser, implying a taxpayer heist while conveniently ignoring the White House’s crystal-clear pledge: zero federal funds.
Schumer twisted the knife, claiming Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “cutting services to help Trump and his billionaire buddies” bankroll the build—like it’s a crime for patriots to donate to America’s prestige instead of funding Schumer’s endless pork. It’s important to note here that Chuck Schumer is married to Ernie Douglas from My Three Sons, and Ernie would love nothing more than a grand ballroom.
Schumer even mocked it as a spot for Trump to “eat his cheeseburgers in luxury,” as if the senator’s own greasy fast-food habits at his desk aren’t the real eyesore.
Democrats like Schumer aren’t outraged by change; they’re enraged it’s Trump doing it. If Obama had greenlit this, it’d be hailed as “progressive infrastructure.” But Trump? Suddenly it’s a “folly” and “utter desecration.”
Again, simpletons, this ballroom is 100% private money. Trump himself kicked in seed cash, joined by heavy hitters like Lockheed Martin ($10 million+), Alphabet ($22 million from a lawsuit settlement), Google ($5 million+), and outfits like Palantir, Booz Allen Hamilton, R.J. Reynolds, and NextEra Energy. thehill.com +1 The Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit partnering with the National Park Service, handles the donations—no conflicts, no kickbacks, just Americans investing in the People’s House.
Ethics watchdogs can squawk about “influence,” but that’s just moronic code for sour grapes: Corporations pony up because they see value in a strong America, not because Schumer’s cocktail circuit demands it.
Trump’s already dropped his own dough on flagpoles and the Rose Garden redo—no public bill there either.
Contrast that with the Left’s love for “shithole” aesthetics:
They cheer when elites slum it in tents, as if America’s superpower status deserves a downgrade to porta-potty diplomacy.
Look abroad, and the embarrassment sharpens. The White House’s East Room? A quaint parlor next to global giants. Buckingham Palace’s Ballroom in London gleams with 19th-century opulence, hosting 350+ in gilded splendor—funded by history, not hysteria.
France’s Élysée Palace Quai d’Orsay Room drips Versailles-level grandeur for 200, crystal chandeliers and frescoes screaming sophistication. Even “third-world” powerhouses outclass us: India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Durbar Hall, a 1,000-square-meter marble marvel seating 100+, echoes Mughal emperors with zero apology. Brazil’s Palácio do Planalto banquet hall, modern and vast, accommodates 500 in sleek minimalism that puts our tent setups to shame.
These nations—rich, poor, ally, rival—project power through palaces that match their ambitions. America? The Left wants us slinging state dinners in a shithole setup, like it’s “humble” instead of humiliating. They think shitty is sophisticated, a virtue signal for the virtue-less.
This isn’t new; the White House has been a construction zone since Day One. George Washington laid the cornerstone in 1792, but John Adams first occupied the half-built shell in 1800.
history.com The British torched it in 1814; James Madison rebuilt from ashes.
Theodore Roosevelt bulldozed Victorian guts in 1902 for neoclassical flair, adding the West Wing and doubling the State Dining Room.
FDR slapped on the East Wing in 1942 for wartime ops.
Harry Truman gutted the whole damn thing in 1948—$5.7 million teardown, family exiled to Blair House for four years—to shore up the sagging shell. Nobody rioted or had a shit fit despite the fact that Harry had just nuked about 300,000 people.
Fast-forward: Jackie Kennedy (not exactly a mental heavyweight despite history’s claims to the contrary)) didn’t just redecorate in 1961; she overhauled the entire interior, sourcing antiques nationwide, creating the Fine Arts Committee, and airing the first-ever televised tour that enthralled 80 million viewers. (mostly because they could not believe how limited seemed to be).
Cost? $2 million in today’s dollars, all for historic glory—no Schumer sobs. Nixon filled the basement with a bowling alley and turned FDR’s pool into the briefing room.
Ford – the guy who invented the falling-down-president shtick – added an outdoor pool, privately funded.
Reagan yanked Carter’s solar panels (because they were stupid as was Carter who is now happily living at the room temperature to which he told Americans to set their thermostats). Reagan also beefed up security.
Bush 41 restored rooms. (Lots of stains left over from Kennedy and Clinton).
Bush 43 gutted the press room and Lincoln Bedroom. (He should have gutted the press too.)
Obama? He emerged from his ivy bush and ripped up the tennis court in 2009 for a full basketball hoop setup—demolition included, no big dig fuss—and planted a kitchen garden, all while dropping $65 million on a West Wing “big dig” for the Situation Room. Crickets from the outrage machine.
The Left loves shitty when it suits them—Obama’s hoops heaven was “inspirational,” Jackie’s overhaul “iconic.” But Trump’s ballroom? A “legacy project” becomes a scandal because it’s him elevating America, not diminishing it.
Schumer and his ilk peddle the big lie that taxpayers are footing this. They crave a shithole superpower, content with mediocrity masked as morality. Trump rejects that.
This ballroom isn’t for him; it’s for every president after, a testament to American exceptionalism the Left can’t stand. If history’s any guide, it’ll outlast their tantrums. Build on, Mr. President. The world—and the world leaders—deserve better than their bullshit.
