President Donald Trump has replaced the architect who told him his White House ballroom was over the top.
Trump had feuded with James McCrery II, whom he had personally selected to design his vanity project, over his wish to supersize the already extravagant ballroom.
McCrery urged Trump to exercise restraint, warning that the planned 90,000-square-foot addition would overshadow the 55,000-square-foot Executive Residence, according to The Washington Post.
On Thursday, the Post reported that McCrery stopped leading the project in late October and that Trump has tapped architect Shalom Baranes to take over.
When reached for comment, White House spokesman Davis Ingle told the Daily Beast in a statement, “As we begin to transition into the next stage of development on the White House B

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