Trump brags about the White House ballroom in his first post-election appearance
Rebecca Shabad's NBC News article reports that at his first public appearance after the 2026 midterms, President Donald Trump boasted about the White House ballroom, signing a steel beam for the project, which is rising where the East Wing stood and has faced legal obstacles despite Supreme Court approval. With Democrats having won both houses of Congress and Speaker Mike Johnson not seeking reelection, Trump said he did not ask Johnson to step down, would stay out the leadership race, and agreed with JD Vance that Republicans lost because of the war on Iran.
