Trump Reportedly Arguing With Ballroom Architect, Who Warns It Will Dwarf the White House

Michael Luciano Nov 26th, 2025, 11:18 pm

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President Donald Trump is reportedly not seeing eye to eye with the architect he tasked with building the new White House ballroom.

Trump demolished the entire East Wing of the White House in October to make room for the new 90,000-square-foot structure, telling Fox News this month that he could have built the ballroom without destroying the East Wing, but that “ it looked like hell .”

According to t, the architect, James McCrery II , has warned the president that such a massive building would dwarf the White House, which is 55,000 square feet. On Wednesday, the reported :

Trump’s desire to go big with the project has pu

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