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(77,004 posts) Thu Jul 31, 2025, 04:15 PM Jul 31

Trump plans massive renovation of White House [View all]

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 Trump’s 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

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Trump plans massive renovation of White House [View all] riversedge Jul 31 OP

Needs a pic mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 #1

Pedo Palace! chowder66 Jul 31 #5

That is just too f***ing huge. Intended to be as impersonal and non-intimate as possible. eppur_se_muova Aug 1 #51

Pretty ugly. travelingthrulife Aug 3 #71

I doubt this ass could even manage a simple waltz... wcmagumba Jul 31 #2

I watched a bio of LBJ yesterday Oeditpus Rex Jul 31 #9

You've seen him dance jmowreader Jul 31 #14

You mean his signature "Double Handjob"...? regnaD kciN Jul 31 #17

Also known as... REPUguy Jul 31 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author REPUguy Jul 31 #35

Ballroom my ass. LudwigPastorius Jul 31 #3

I hear the presidential office quarters where the staff works... brush Jul 31 #28

They are not going to pay for it. The contractors won't get paid either. chowder66 Jul 31 #4

Is the plannimg on staying there choie Jul 31 #6

If we're lucky electricmonk Jul 31 #26

He's overstayed his welcome by 79 years choie Jul 31 #42

Yes, that's exactly it. KatyaR Aug 1 #54

At this point I wouldn't be surprised Diraven Jul 31 #7

tsf will also rename it - Nigrum Cattus Jul 31 #8

Come on Grim Reaper ... now is the time to do your stuff FakeNoose Jul 31 #10

Not needed. No one wants to be invited there except Putin and MAGAts. sinkingfeeling Jul 31 #11

Totally inappropriate for our democracy. delisen Jul 31 #12

Absolutely shameful! slightlv Jul 31 #18

It was only a matter of time. Saw this coming like shit from a gaggle of geese; honk, honk. twodogsbarking Jul 31 #13

$200M siphoned off from Medicaid and SNAP Bayard Jul 31 #15

And NPR,PBS etc...etc...etc Bengus81 Jul 31 #19

and so are the 15 repugs who just approved of the Qatar jet vapor2 Jul 31 #24

The Trumpkin Ballroom. tanyev Jul 31 #16

This needs to stop! tonekat Jul 31 #20

Of course everything will be covered in gold. nt doc03 Jul 31 #21

Veneer. murielm99 Jul 31 #22

and yet he bitched about Powell's renovation? vapor2 Jul 31 #23

He did. LudwigPastorius Jul 31 #38

I fear he plans to stay til his last breath vapor2 Jul 31 #25

True, I'm hoping for the croaking...sooner the better for this country and the world... wcmagumba Jul 31 #29

And... Faux pas Jul 31 #27

They are planning drive-thru windows so you can drop your extortion payment off without ever leaving your car. twodogsbarking Jul 31 #30

You can be sure it will be a tacky, gold encrusted architectural monstrosity. flashman13 Jul 31 #31

The very definition of wasteful spending. Because pissing all over the Oval Office and tearing down the Rose Garden Karasu Jul 31 #32

He preparing it for permanent occupancy. n/t SpankMe Jul 31 #33

Fuck this pedo piece of shit NEOBuckeye Jul 31 #36

So when will the first junior miss pageant be held there? Will there be weekly ones? twodogsbarking Jul 31 #37

I hope McDonald's Golden Arches will be prominent. chouchou Jul 31 #39

Its crazy. Historic NY Jul 31 #40

It's disgusting he made this huge decision without a national debate, because it totally alters LymphocyteLover Jul 31 #41

Another Smilo Jul 31 #43

Next president - name it the "George Soros Room" Grins Jul 31 #44

A football field is 57,600 sq feet snacker Aug 1 #45

Another maintenance & utilities black hole NBachers Aug 1 #46

King Pedofelon I is asking for Justice matters. Aug 1 #47

Trumps Versailles Palace sheshe2 Aug 1 #48

Exactly lonely bird Aug 1 #58

Yes indeed. 😞 sheshe2 Aug 1 #67

I thought he called the WH a "dump"?? AZ8theist Aug 1 #49

He's pretending to be king. C Moon Aug 1 #50

Yuck I_UndergroundPanther Aug 1 #52

Loathsome, grasping cockroach. Everything Trump Touches Dies. Hekate Aug 1 #53

The article states kkmarie Aug 1 #55

I hope that they put in a lot of restrooms, markodochartaigh Aug 1 #56

-- EPSTEIN -- EPSTEIN -- EPSTEIN -- Auggie Aug 1 #57

I think the monstrosity will block the southern sunlight from entering the East Room, which is hallowed space. John1956PA Aug 1 #59

Here's what's there now. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 #63

Next White House project -- a two hole par three pitch-and-put. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 1 #60

trump wouldn't be proposing this idiocy if he didn't stand to make big money off of it. (nt) Paladin Aug 1 #61

Rewrite headline: "TRUMP PLANS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF MONEY - AGAIN!" mdbl Aug 1 #62

It's in a federal building Jughead Aug 1 #64

No doubt it will be tasteless, but the US does lack JCMach1 Aug 1 #65

He thinks he's Jackie O. Scrivener7 Aug 1 #66

The White House is the People's House LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2 #68

That's a monstrosity! pcdb Aug 3 #70

Does anyone really believe that trump will pay for this eyesore? LetMyPeopleVote Aug 3 #69