10/23/2025
Let’s give Hillary her two minutes of fame. We didn’t hear her reaction to DODGE findings on how corrupt the Democrats were. She failed to mention that when she and Bill left the White House – she accidently took the SILVER. Click if you want to listen to her two cents worth:
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We will call this THE FUNCTIONS AT THE JUNCTION:
How many countries in the world have a ball room in their government complex which can be used for ball room dancing and large gatherings? In the past during election time, gatherings after the election had to be held in local hotels or either stuff them in the small room at the White House as noticed in the past.
What do ball rooms do for people? They bring all cultures together to enjoy themselves. As a child I can remember my family taking us with them to the local large halls with orchestras/bands playing and during the intermission we would play on the dance floor. Music was something that brought people together. My husband and I enjoyed dancing all of our lives. I still have a family violin from those days brought to this country by a relative. Our shelves are filled with every level of music. There are over three hundred favorite songs selected on my website KOMMONSENTSJANE. Music can set the tone for any event.
All of the money that DOGE proved the left stuffed in their bank accounts could have built more than this ball room. Where is Newsome on that count?
Gavin Newsom seems to have an affinity against large rooms to serve the people’s house. Wonder if his skills include the waltz, rhumba, polka or jitterbug?
What to know about the $250 million ballroom Trump is adding to the White House.
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The demolition of part of the White House’s East Wing continues as President Donald Trump aims to build a new ballroom. Here’s a breakdown of the White House layout. (AP Video: Jacquelyn Martin and River Zhang)
Work continues on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A window dangles from the East Wing as work continues on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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People watch as work continues on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom.
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEUpdated 4:12 PM CDT, October 22, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built.
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the main White House itself, at nearly double the size, and Trump says it will accommodate 999 people.
Trump said on social media that the ballroom won’t cost taxpayers a dime because it is being privately funded by “many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly.”
Here are some things to know about the newest White House construction project:
Why is Trump building a ballroom?
Trump says the White House needs a large entertaining space and has complained that the East Room, the current largest space in the White House, is too small, holding about 200 people. He has frowned on the past practice of presidents hosting state dinners and other large events in tents on the South Lawn.
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Who is paying the $250 million construction tab?
Trump says the project will be paid for with private donations and that no public money will be spent on the ballroom. The White House promised to release information on which individuals and corporations have pledged or donated money and invited some of the donors to an East Room dinner last week, but has not released a comprehensive list and breakdown of funds.
Some $22 million for the project came from YouTube, a Google subsidiary, as part of a recent settlement for a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought against the company.
The White House also has not said how much of his own money Trump is contributing.
Why tear down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom?
The East Wing is traditionally the social side of the White House and sits across East Executive Avenue from the Treasury Department. It’s where tourists and other guests enter for events.
The president said on July 31 that the White House itself would remain intact as the ballroom was going up.
“It won’t interfere with the current building,” he said. “It will be near it but not touching it. And pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”
The White House said some demolition was needed because the East Wing, the traditional home for the first lady and her staff, is being modernized as part of the ballroom project.
Can Trump build a ballroom?
He’s moving ahead with construction despite the lack of sign-off from the National Capital Planning Commission, the executive branch agency that has jurisdiction over construction and major renovations to government buildings in the region.
Trump named a top White House aide, Will Scharf, to head the commission. Scharf has made a distinction between demolition work and rebuilding, saying the commission only has jurisdiction over the latter..
What happens to the East Room?
By Trump’s telling, it will become a space where guests will mingle, sip cocktails and eat hors d’oeuvres until they are called into the ballroom for dinner. Trump said a set of windows in the room will be removed to create a passageway to and from the ballroom.
What will the new ballroom look like?
Renderings released by the White House suggest a strong resemblance to the gilded ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and home in Palm Beach, Florida.
The project also has grown in size since it was announced, going from accommodating 650 seated guests to holding 999 people, big enough to fit an inauguration if needed, he said at a recent White House dinner for donors. Windows will be bulletproof, he said.
When will the ballroom be completed?
The White House has said the ballroom will be ready for use well before Trump’s term ends in January 2029, an ambitious timeline.
Has Trump made other changes to the White House?
Yes. He has heavily redecorated the Oval Office by adding numerous portraits, busts and gold-toned adornments. He converted the Rose Garden into a stone-covered patio, installed towering flagpoles on the north and south lawns, and decorated an exterior wall with portraits of every president except his immediate predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump also said he renovated the bathroom in the famous Lincoln Bedroom in the private living quarters and laid down marble floors in a passageway leading to the South Lawn.
How has construction changed the White House over the years?
Presidents have added to the White House since construction began in 1792 for a host of reasons, and Trump aides say his decision to build a ballroom follows that long tradition.
Many of the prior projects were criticized as being too costly or too lavish, but eventually came to be accepted, according to the White House Historical Association.
Thomas Jefferson added the east and west colonnades.
Andrew Jackson built the North Portico on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House, aligning with the South Portico that James Monroe added after the original mansion was rebuilt after the British burned it during the War of 1812.
Theodore Roosevelt added the West Wing to provide dedicated space for the president and key staff, while Franklin D. Roosevelt added the East Wing, which over time became the home base for the first lady’s staff and social functions.
One of the most significant White House renovations happened under Harry Truman, when the mansion was found to be so structurally unsound that he ordered a complete gutting of the interior that lasted from 1948 to 1952. The project, including Truman’s addition of a balcony to the second floor of the South Portico, was highly controversial.
Other changes include the creation of the Rose Garden during John F. Kennedy’s administration and Richard Nixon’s decision to convert an indoor swimming pool that was built for FDR’s physical therapy into a workspace for the growing White House press corps.
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This story replaces an Oct. 21 story withdrawn by The Associated Press that quoted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying over the summer that “nothing will be torn down” in reference to construction starting at the White House on a ballroom and crews tearing down the façade of the East Wing. The AP incorrectly attributed that quote to Leavitt in that story and two others, one on July 31 and Oct. 20. It was a journalist, not Leavitt, who said the quote while asking a question during a briefing Leavitt gave to reporters on July 31. The error was brought to the AP’s attention on Oct. 22.
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Newsom needs to worry more about California and less about D.C. His problem – he is trying to make people forget about his destruction of CA and lack of attention in helping the good people who are left to suffer his destruction.
Now let’s see – what is a good topic to throw out to these STAY AT HOME lefties who won’t show up to do their job? How about VOTER FRAUD and VOTER PHOTO ID?
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