Trump plans massive renovation of White House
Source: Politico
The $200 million effort will add a state ballroom to the White House grounds.
By Jake Traylor07/31/2025 03:07 PM EDT
The White House will undergo a $200 million extensive renovation of its East Wing, President Donald Trumps latest construction project of the executive mansion.
Construction will begin in September on an approximately 90,000 square foot White House state ballroom with a 650-person seating capacity, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday. Trump and other patriot donors will pay for the $200 million-dollar renovation, according to the White House website.
Prior presidents and Trump have hosted large events at the White House in large tents set up on the South Lawn.
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This is the latest, and most expensive, construction in a line of recent White House renovations under Trump...................
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-renovation-ballroom-white-house-00487004
I do not care who pays for this---it is wrong!! we know Trump will put his NAME on the ballroom. This is so so wrong!!
An architectural rendering of the new State Dining Room that President Trump has commissioned.
An architectural rendering of the new State Dining Room that President Trump has commissioned. | The White House
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,294 posts)The $200 million effort will add a state ballroom to the White House grounds.
An architectural rendering of the new State Dining Room that President Trump has commissioned. | The White House
By JAKE TRAYLOR
07/31/2025 03:07 PM EDT
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chowder66
(11,862 posts)eppur_se_muova
(41,021 posts)All the diners will be expected to shut up and smile politely while Anus Orange gives a rambling, disjointed, bloviating stream-of-conscienceless "speech". They're just there to be props, and I hope they realize that.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)wcmagumba
(5,661 posts)He has no "skills"
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)It showed him dancing with Lady Bird at one of the balls after his inauguration in '65. He was no Gene Kelly, but he didn't embarrass himself.
It made me wonder what The Felon would look like on the dance floor. Reminiscent of a dump truck, I'd imagine. If you see him simply walk on a flat surface, you know this schmuck has the physical grace of the Three Stooges after an all-nighter.
jmowreader
(52,908 posts)Reports are that forcing people to watch Trump dance violates both the Eighth Amendment and the Geneva Convention.
regnaD kciN
(27,477 posts)REPUguy
(96 posts)The Boebert with two dates.
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LudwigPastorius
(14,209 posts)That's going to be his Coronation Room.
...and nobody is dumb enough to believe that Trump will pay a dime toward the cost of this.
Also, it looks like this gaudy tumor will obliterate the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden next to the East Wing.
brush
(61,033 posts)is pretty tight/crowded and he's adding a ball fucking room? And we know cheap gold chintz will be everywhere.
chowder66
(11,862 posts)A gold jacuzzi in every room!!
choie
(6,647 posts)for the rest of his life?
electricmonk
(2,015 posts)it will be a verrrrrrrrry short stay. He's already overstayed his welcome by about 10 years.
choie
(6,647 posts)KatyaR
(3,630 posts)There won't be anything left of the original White House if he has anything to say about it. A "spa" for paying customers will be next (nudge nudge wink wink).
Diraven
(1,830 posts)If he orders them to to put a huge golden "TRUMP" on the very front the the White House. In fact they'll probably just go ahead and rename it "The Trump House" which they'll justify by saying he's changing most of the white to faux gold anyway.
Nigrum Cattus
(1,232 posts)to the very White House
FakeNoose
(40,238 posts)Take him out before he destroys what's left of our country.

sinkingfeeling
(57,261 posts)delisen
(7,231 posts)Not emanating from old money does not doom one to poor taste.
slightlv
(7,444 posts)When you have elderly and kids living on the streets, people to poor to buy their own food... dependent on charity kitchens and when people are working 2 and 3 jobs just to try to keep a roof over their head, this is one of most shameful, ethically challenged moves he could have made. Beyond the grandiose coronation room, killing the last of Jackie's beautiful influence is a slap in the face of patriotic Americans who were proud of her simple taste in her surroundings.
One thing comes to mind the moment I read this... France and the era of Robespierre and guillotine. This way of life stands in stark contrast to the way most of us live, and that contrast will be the news worldwide until we rise up and put the fools to the guillotine, literally or hypothetically.
God bless the child that's got its own...
twodogsbarking
(17,593 posts)Bayard
(28,648 posts)He's spending money like it grows on trees. Our money.
Bengus81
(9,829 posts)vapor2
(3,798 posts)Our tax dollars for his endless grifting. Just want to vomit
tanyev
(48,680 posts)tonekat
(2,457 posts)The bastard has only been in office half a year and he's wrecking the country at top speed!
doc03
(38,841 posts)Even the gold is not real.
vapor2
(3,798 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,209 posts)
which is even more hypocritical because no tax dollars will pay for it.
On the other hand, despite Trumps claims, Id bet my eyeteeth that his royal jewel box will end up being funded by US.
https://fortune.com/2025/07/26/federal-reserve-self-funding-headquarters-renovation-costs-taxpayer-dollars/
vapor2
(3,798 posts)wcmagumba
(5,661 posts)Faux pas
(16,174 posts)He'll be the one making money off of it.
twodogsbarking
(17,593 posts)Making America Great.
flashman13
(2,050 posts)I will point out that the White House belongs to We the People and not that orange ass.
Karasu
(2,003 posts)weren't enough.
SpankMe
(3,658 posts)NEOBuckeye
(2,917 posts)Everything he touches he shits all over and turns into a cheap gaudy piece of crap.
The next Dem president must make proper restoration of the WH a priority.
twodogsbarking
(17,593 posts)That was crude but called for.
chouchou
(2,815 posts)Historic NY
(39,670 posts)90000 sg ft what else is getting destroyed for that. This is bigger than Buckingham Palace State dining room
LymphocyteLover
(9,395 posts)the look of the WH, one of our most famous national icons.
Such a selfish asshole.
Smilo
(2,012 posts)way for trump to be bribed / grift.
Grins
(9,248 posts)Or Stormy Daniels Big Ballroom!
Opportunities are forever on this one.
snacker
(3,648 posts)and this ballroom will be 90,000 square feet?
NBachers
(19,188 posts)Justice matters.
(9,423 posts)guillotines to show up on the mall...
sheshe2
(95,978 posts)
lonely bird
(2,779 posts)There is nothing patriotic about this. This is the Sun King 2.0.
sheshe2
(95,978 posts)AZ8theist
(7,104 posts)C Moon
(13,478 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,330 posts)All in that tacky dictator style with too much white and gold. Its disgusting.
Hekate
(100,132 posts)Gods, I hate him.
kkmarie
(337 posts)Krasnov doesn't expect to leave. I think that's a given.
And I have serious doubts the "patriots" (billionaires) are going to contribute. How much more are they going to hand over?They already got the tax cuts they paid for.
Of course Krasnov pays for nothing EVER!
Money aside, the White House is OUR house! How dare this fascist pig make any renovations!
markodochartaigh
(5,053 posts)Trump's acolytes seem to have a habit of defecating on the floor in public areas.
Auggie
(32,891 posts)The pedophile is creating a distraction
John1956PA
(4,841 posts)The body of President John F. Kennedy lay in reposes in the East Room overnight from December 22 to December 23, 1963.
Historic events have been hosted in that room. I am thinking that the south wall of the East Room will be altered to provide access to the 90,000-square foot all-purpose venue. The stately appearance of the White House, as viewed from the northeast, will be lost forever, as will be the view of the south portico which will no longer be bathed by the morning sun.
The character and the citizens' collective mental image of The Peoples' House will be desecrated by this mad dream.
Meanwhile, Russia has Ukraine retreating, and the Egoist-in-Chief could not care less. He is probably rooting for Russia.
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,294 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:38 AM - Edit history (1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wing
The East Wing of the White House in 1992
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,284 posts)Of course, Felon47 will play the inaugural round alone and declaring himself club champion..
He's done that several times, even going so far as to as to declare himself winner of a tournament where nobody saw him play.
Fore!!!
Paladin
(32,307 posts)mdbl
(8,130 posts)Jughead
(123 posts)Taxpayers pay for that building. Just stop this guy.
JCMach1
(29,096 posts)A full blown WH venue for large State Dinners.
"Supposed" to be just taking up office space.
Scrivener7
(58,407 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
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pcdb
(84 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
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