Washington Post defends Trump’s White House ballroom construction

The Washington Post editorial board defended President Donald Trump’s ballroom construction on Sunday, arguing that the next Democratic president would be happy to have the ballroom.

“In classic Trump fashion, the president is pursuing a plausible idea in the most jarring way possible. Privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses agree that an event space like the one Trump created has long been needed. Setting up tents on the South Lawn for state dinners and forcing VIPs to use portable restrooms is ridiculous.” The editorial board wrote.

Construction crews began demolishing the East Wing of the White House on Monday, angering top Democrats and liberal media figures.

The editorial board continued: “The State Dining Room seats 140. The East Room seats about 200. Trump says the ballroom in the center of his 90,000-square-foot addition will seat 999 guests. The next Democratic president would be happy to have it.”

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, DY; former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Chelsea Clinton; and CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert accused Trump of dishonoring the White House after construction crews bulldozed part of the building’s East Wing on Monday.

“People’s homes are basically being sold to the highest bidder,” Jean-Pierre said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View.” “Corruption is at the core of this.”

Editors argued that the White House did not need to jump through bureaucratic hurdles for construction.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., argued that any Democrat running for president in 2028 should pledge to destroy the ballroom on day one.

An excavator works to clear rubble following the collapse of the East Wing of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

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“Leading Democrats began speaking out this year about their party’s lawyerly obsession with the process, which, combined with a not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) mentality, has prevented a place like California from building a high-speed rail project that its voters approved in a 2008 referendum,” the editors wrote. he said.

The Washington Post also noted that the project likely would not have been completed if Trump had gone through the traditional process.

“Profiles would face death from thousands of paper cuts,” they wrote.

President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of senior U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The editors also argued that the White House should evolve with the times.

“The White House cannot simply be a museum of the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders refuse to calcify. In this way, Trump’s initiative is a shot at NIMBYs everywhere,” the editors wrote.

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Fox News’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.