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>> Sandra: ALEXANDRIA HOFF FOR US, THANK YOU. >> John: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EAST WING BALLROOM PLANS MAY BE TURNING INTO A PURITY TEST FOR THE DEMOCRATS. CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL POSTING ON X “DON’T EVEN THINK OF SEEKING DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT UNLESS YOU PLEDGE TO TAKE A WRECKING BALL TO THE TRUMP BALLROOM ON DAY ONE.” BUT THAT’S NOT THE ATTITUDE WE HAVE SEEN FROM SOME OF TRUMP’S BIGGEST MEDIA DETRACTORS. “THE WASHINGTON POST” AND “NEW YORK TIMES” OPINION PAGES WITH PIECES OUT DEFINING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. LET’S BRING OUR GUEST. GREAT TO SEE YOU PICK “THE WASHINGTON POST.” “PRIVATELY MANY AT THE BIDEN AND OBAMA ERA WHITE HOUSE IS ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR AN EVENT SPACE LIKE TRUMP IS CREATING. IT’S ABSURD THAT TENTS NEED TO BE ERECTED ON THE SOUTH LAWN FOR STATE DINNERS AND VIPs ARE FORCED TO USE PORTA-POTTIES. THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS.” WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT JEFF BEZOS IN “THE WASHINGTON POST” THROUGH AMAZON IS A BIG DONOR TO THIS PROJECT, BUT HE DOES NOT CONTROL EVERYTHING. >> JOHN, YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON THIS. YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING SO MANY WHITE HOUSES, YOU’RE BEEN AROUND A LOT MORE OF THE STATE DINNERS THAN I HAVE, CERTAINLY. IT’S EMBARRASSING. IT’S ACTUALLY — THIS IS ANYBODY WHO — THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS THEY NEED TO HANDLE. IT’S LIKE A WEDDING HAS BEEN POORLY PLANNED, IN TERMS OF ITS LOGISTICS. WHEN I INTERVIEWED THE PRESIDENT IN THE OVAL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE BROUGHT THIS UP SPECIFICALLY AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN IN THEIR NICE SHOES SINKING INTO THE WET GRASS. THAT IS THE THING. OTHER NATIONS HAVE THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPRESSIVE. THE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST HIS LEGACY. THIS IS ABOUT DEALING WITH — SWALWELL IS ESTABLISHING A LITMUS TEST. HE IS BASICALLY SAYING “WE NEED TO AGREE TO A GIANT WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO PUNCH OURSELVES IN THE FACED OUT OF SPITE OF DONALD TRUMP.” >> John: IT WOULD BE THE TAXPAYER MONEY. >> IT WOULD BE WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY TO TEAR IT DOWN, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS. AND BY THE WAY, WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT ERA IN TERMS OF ASSASSINATION, THE RISK WE HAVE SEEN A PUBLIC OFFICIALS INCLUDING, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE THAT SAFER AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO USE OUTSIDE VENUES. >> John: A HEART STRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO A TENT, IT IS EASIER TO DEFEND — A HARD STRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO A TENSE, EASIER TO DEFEND. DEMOCRATS, SOME EXITING, BUT SOME GETTING WRONG LIKE THIS RESTAURANT TOUR. “MY WIFE AND I IN THE EAST WING. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S GONE.” THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT IS NOT THE EAST WING: IT’S THE IT’S THE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH IS WHERE THE PRESIDENT WALKS THERE EVERY TIME HE WALKS TO THE HELICOPTER. THIS PERSON POSTED A PICTURE OF HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND AT YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTY, WHICH I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. “MY HUSBAND AND I IN THE EAST WING. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S GONE.” THIS IS GETTING HILARIOUS. >> AND WE DID ONE FOR NECK AND TOLD ME PLAZA. I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE THE REACTION TO THIS IS A LIST TEST ON WHETHER S SERIOUSLY. ANYBODY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I WAS A WHITE HOUSE INTERN IN THE DAY. THEY KNOW YOU WERE NOT STANDING IN THE EAST WING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BASIC GEOGRAPHY. YET, THE FREAK OUT YOU SEE TIME AND AGAIN WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOES THIS, IN THIS CASE SOMETHING THAT IS LOGICAL AND MAKES SENSE. IN THIS CASE, I DON’T THINK REPUBLICANS WOULD BE COMPLAINING IF A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT HAD DONE IT. THIS IS THE SITUATION WE ARE IN WHERE THE PRESIDENT CAN DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE THAT WILL GET BACKLASH. >> John: BUT IT’S THE FACT THAT IT’S TRUMP DOING IT. >> OF COURSE, HE MUST BE EVIL. >> John: HILLARY CLINTON POSTED THIS ON X. “IT’S NOT HIS HOUSE: IT’S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE IS DESTROYING IT.” SOME PEOPLE FOUND NO SMALL AMOUNT OF IRONY IN HILLARY CLINTON TALKING ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE. >> I DON’T KNOW WHY SHE HAS SUCH LOVE FOR THAT PLACE, BUT APPARENTLY THAT’S THE WAY SHE FEELS. I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE NO ONE IN THE RATIONAL MIND, NO ONE WHO DOESN’T HAVE TDS, IS GOING TO BE SAYING THAT KIND OF THING GOING FORWARD. AGAIN, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR A RATIONAL STANDPOINT, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING VERY RATIONAL NOW ON A LOT OF THINGS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENT. WE HEARD ABOUT JOE BIDEN TALKING ABOUT DARK DAYS. THE GUY HE WORKED FOR WAS A LOT LESS POPULAR IN HIS SECOND TERM ON THE SAME STAGE OF THE PRESIDENCY. >> John: IT’S ALMOST HILARIOUS PEOPLE POSTING ONLINE, PICTURES OF THEMSELVES IN THE EAST ROOM SAYING THERE IN THE EAST WING OR THE CROSS HALL, AND THEY ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE EAST WING. MOST FAMOUSLY ABOUT THE EAST WING WAS THE THEATER. THAT’S NOT EXACTLY TH X DOLBY. YOU COULD REBUILD IT BIGGER AND BETTER. >> I THINK I COULD PUT THE CALLIGRAPHY OFFICE SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> John: AND THEY WILL REBUILD IT WITH THE ROOFTOP DECK AS WELL? SPEAK OF THE DARK LITTLE SECRET IF YOU WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS IT COULD USE A LOT OF UPDATING IN A LOT OF AREAS AND THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK IS THE EASIEST ONE TO UPDATE WITHOUT ACTUALLY DISTURBING IT. >> John: WHENEVER ANYONE WAS BROUGHT TO THE BRIEFING ROOM, THEY LOOK AT IT AND SAY “IT IS SMALLER THAN IT LOOKS.” >> IT IS A DINGY
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The Golden age Ball Room Designed by Donny T.
Fox Fascist Snooze Network is a complete Joke. Anyone who believes anything the promote is a complete Fool!
There is no reason to support this
Don't you Tards have more important issues ???
Swallowed doesn't even know who's paying for it – DONARS.
So who are the contractors going to sue when they dont get paid?
It’s racist. That’s what that brainless TWIT was inferring.
I’d love to fight republicans.
You’re all just spineless TWATS!!
No new billing need to be erected under Donald Trump. Nothing needs to be done on the Donald Trump because he had done nothing else but he wants to put up a building. He only wanna building up to put his name fixed to it, but I hope when somebody else get the office that they would tear it down or remodeled it. and do something different to the same building that he’s putting up our tear it down and do something else there put it back like it was put it back like it was
The demolition was done at night time and all the people were fired from the fine arts department to avoid objection. Trump is basically doing whatever he wants without consulting anyone, including his voters. Do we want a president like that? If so we're not different than North Korea. He's gotten to much power and he's arrogant. People can vote for whoever they want to, and I hope they do but this isn't about being a Democrat or Republican, this is about letting this guy be a dictator.
Millions of TAX PAYER monies are going into this project. The ballroom is just an excuse. He wanted to upgrade the bunker under the east wing because of the no kings movement and his fear that the mob will get him. TAX PAYERS, not the corrupt donors, will be paying for the bunker upgrade. Trump never intended to spend a dime. Trump is Trump. Not the cult leader god you want him to be.
Since Trump blames everything bad on Obama or Biden, maybe they should name it “ The Obama/Biden Ballroom “.
Is there a connection with Adolf, who in 1936 had the Reich Chancellery demolished in order to build a ballroom with a bunker underneath it?
Over time it will save a lot of money All the other locations all the security now they can have it in one place at the White House where there's already security working Trump's a genius lol.
Hey Democrats!!!! TRUMP is Your DADDY!!!! So go back to your basements and play with your crayons.
TACO on the ballroom within 2 weeks ?
When are we gonna get a obituary from the pres. I'm SICK of his greed and his lies!
Yet another reason to keep demo craps out of the White House.
The Dem is embarrassing to the teeth!
Swalwell likes fang fang. He's irrelevant.
President Trump is paying for it. It is a beautiful thing for the White House.
How unfeeling. Children will go without food soon and a ballroom will continue to build a ballroom. It’s obvious the person endorsing this has not gone without food for a long time. SHAME!!!!!!
Jesus christ…look I don't really care that much about the White House. It, on a personal level, doesn't hold that much significance. However, donor, or no donor, it's a complete waste of money, and it's truthfully disrespectful to the historical landmark that is the White House. To sit here and defend & glaze Trump's actions are just outright shameful.
Well Hillary I don't appreciate your husband bustin a nut in the oval office of my house.
Trump provides a facility which everyone agrees is necessary for no cost to the taxpayer. Dems immediately want to waste a large amount of taxpayers money just to stick a finger up to Trump! TDS at its finest. 😂
We should name it the Obama Ball room…of all the presidents he loves balls the most.
he is going to knock down the white house to build a condo
We love the removation
Epstein Memorial Ballroom. No surprise Fox muppets and friends making excuses or this naff gold Mar a Logo style goldathon monstrosity. These sycophants trying to excuse the inexcusible make me want to p*ke.
There will be no next Democratic president
Swalwell, swallow it!
Maybe Trump should focus on the tens of thousands of people not getting paid cause of the gop shut down, Russias Ukraine invasion, inflation. But no he renovates the White House and builds a tacky ballroom.
He needs to pay for all repairs.
It has to be big enough for the Dildozer.
WONDER HOW MANY CONTRACTORS WILL NOT GET PAID !!! IN TYPICAL TRUMP FASHION !!!
This whole system is rigged trump this and that he can go rot.
Trump is doing what every enemy of the USA dreamt to do!
I hope next president tear it down
Trump and his administration are all morons. Dump Trump! Fox is a bias and fake news channel.
The White House belongs to the country, meaning The USA. It is a National Landmark. It does not belong to anyone in office.
The only bigger than this eyesore is Trump's. Ego!
You are two idiots if you think that's okay for him to do anything to that building!! Or Any part of it!!
It’s embarrassing that Americans got hungry $400 billion. It’s embarrassing that people think this is OK why Americans go hungry it’s embarrassing one day. God will judge you all.😢
I hope the next Democrat president tear it down immediately🙏
Who tears open a building at the beginning of cold wet weather.
What he did to the bathroom is horrid, so much better before, the sooner Trump gets voted out the better, maybe then we will get the Epstein files
Ugliest bathroom since outhouses. I seen better looking restrooms at strip joints.
Why not sell the west wing rubble for charity and use it for shut down relief?
00:15 That guy appears to be a lunatic.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
How much does a brick from the demolition cost