Donald Trump says he plans to build a grand ballroom at the White House, calling it a "fun project" and claiming only he has the experience to get it done "quickly." advertisement.

President Donald Trump has proposed to build a $100 million ballroom inside the White House, as he looks to transform elements of the official presidential residence. The Context.

In 2016, the White House confirmed to USA TODAY that Trump had offered to spend $100 million on a new White House ballroom when Barack Obama was president, but that the offer was quickly rejected.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that a White House ballroom has been needed “for 150 years.” Other presidents, he claimed, lacked the proper experience to complete such a project.

The White House is old and its rooms are small, which in 2009 led President Obama to host the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, in a temporary pavilion erected on the South Lawn.

President Trump in a new interview said he is planning to add a ballroom to the White House and to pave part of the Rose Garden, similar to a patio at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Trump ...