The White House defended President Donald Trump’s ballroom addition as part of a long history of presidential improvements to the executive residence.
President Donald Trump’s privately funded $200 million White House ballroom is the latest «bold, necessary addition» to the executive residence, officials said, describing the East Wing construction as a continuation of presidential upgrades dating back more than a century.
Photos of the East Wing façade being demolished went viral Monday, prompting criticism online and a swift rebuttal from the White House, which wrote that «unhinged leftists and their Fake News allies are clutching their pearls over President Donald J. Trump’s visionary addition of a grand, privately funded ballroom … a bold, necessary addition that echoes the storied history of improvements and additions from commanders-in-chief to keep the executive residence a beacon of American excellence.»
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed the president’s message Tuesday on «Jesse Watters Primetime», saying, «I believe there’s a lot of fake outrage right now.
«President Obama even complained that, during his tenure, he had to hold a state dinner on the South Lawn and rent a very expensive tent.
