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Maybe's avatar

It's not a ballroom. It's a THRONE ROOM.

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Antoinette Accampo's avatar

It's really kind of sad this is to put in a big and to me at least seemingly unneeded ballroom but yeah I can't say it surprises me. Personally I like history and preserving it as best we can but President Trump has always been only about himself. That won't change until he is out of office.

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AnnaBanana's avatar

He's never leaving. All of this - the gold gewgaws in the Oval, the insane chandelier, the ballroom - it's just proof that he has no plans to ever leave. Ever.

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Marycat2021's avatar

Didn't he also have concrete poured over the Rose Garden?

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judy thompson's avatar

the servers will need roller skates or lunch wagons to serve anyone here, or maybe the dinner guests get to line up and serve themselves...tacky does not even begin to cover this. Black paint with googly eyes would be more attractive. Oh let me count the ways...

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Gregory's avatar

Don’t worry, he will figure out a way to stick us with the bill.

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Marycat2021's avatar

We've already been stuck with it. It's paid for with tax money and "donations."

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Marla's avatar
Aug 3Edited

A ballroom? Have you seen him dancing? My eyes! My eyes!

Will the Village People have a permanent residency?

Why not just rename the White House Versailles and have done with it? After all, look how well that turned out for Louis XVI.

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marxalot's avatar

does the architect of the Capitol get to weigh in on this? oh, who am I asking

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Despard Murgatroyd's avatar

Once built, it will only be a matter of time before the Cabal of Grifters start looking for ways to allow "Patriots" to use the space for weddings and parties, for a small donation to the Peaidential Library... Bitcoin only, please. I'm sure the Trailer Park Opulence will attract a lot of interest.

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sadie holly's avatar

Trump needs a gilded ballroom so he can play YMCA and do right fist left fist right fist left fist.........

Classy

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judy thompson's avatar

or just wave them together, on those days when he hasn't a clue about which is which.

(How did this man get elected?)

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

I always thought the tents had a nice historic, special air to them, even kind of humble in a way.

But all that moolah we used to waste on funding the UN World Food Program is just sitting there!

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Nicholas Harpole's avatar

“will not be living in it forever “. Oh yeah ? say the Trump spawn.

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Kimberly's avatar

Also, Harrison Butker, a self proclaimed Christian misogynist who openly tells women that their highest calling is to be wives and mother.

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Rick G.'s avatar

"President Trump, and other patriot donors, have generously committed to donating the funds necessary to build this approximately $200 million dollar structure." Guess the name of one person whose "commitment" will not be fulfilled. One guess only.

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Lisa MT618's avatar

And, we need a ballroom because….

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Kara Mustafa's avatar

We need more ball room.

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Marla's avatar

Western dance pants.

No ball room.

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Free beach's avatar

We need to replicate the band playing on while titanic sank.

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judy thompson's avatar

We need to replicate who gets chosen to go down with the damn boat, too...

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. It looks like the tacky apartment in Tramp Tower writ large. I know this because my dead roommate used to watch The Apprentice. Ugly, over the top, and totally unnecessary. Are we calling it The Epstein Memorial Ballroom?

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Eileen's avatar

Your snark is SO good!

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