Why Trump is obsessed with building a White House ballroom

Photo caption: President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, Monday, July 14, 2025, in the Oval Office. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Flickr. US government work. Article by Tamara Keith. NPR – July 29, 2025. Click here to view the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom at The Mar-a-Lago Club.

President Trump was preparing to hash out the final details of a trade deal with European Council President Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf course on Scotland’s western coast when he took a detour to boast about the cavernous room where they were sitting. “You know, we just built this ballroom, and we’re building a great ballroom at the White House,” Trump said. As Trump juggles multiple international and domestic crises in his second term, […]

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