Kara Swisher jokes Trump’s “not going to stop talking about the ballroom, is he?” as POTUS continues to brag about construction

Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday, declaring the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as national monuments, in a move he says will prevent future administrations from altering his design of both spaces. The President of the United States signed the proclamation while sitting behind the Resolute Desk.

In the days since his party suffered historic defeats in the midterm elections, Trump has seemingly shifted his attention to the many renovation projects he has begun across the nation’s capital. Since returning to office, he has embarked on a series of White House “beautification” projects, most notably the demolition of the East Wing to make way for a six hundred million dollar ballroom, as well as the building of a permanent granite helipad on the South Lawn.

The proclamation and Trump’s continued focus on the ballroom project have drawn reactions online. Journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher, who has more than fourteen million followers on Threads, did not hold back her thoughts. As per her Threads post, Swisher remarked,

“He’s not going to stop talking about the ballroom, is he?”

(Swisher’s remark is her own. The publication does not take a position on the political actions referenced in this article.)

Trump tours White House ballroom after midterm defeats, talks marble and helipads:

As per a report shared by The New York Times, Trump led reporters through the White House ballroom on Wednesday to inspect the construction progress, just one day after his party suffered what many are calling the worst midterm defeat since 1976. The President was unbothered.

He wandered through the concrete shell of the unfinished ballroom, gripping a microphone, pointing at steel beams and talking up the quality of the marble sourced for the project. The mike kept cutting out, sending sharp bursts of feedback screeching through the site. Trump kept going.

“Did you guys see the helipad from up top, how beautiful that is?” he asked the reporters.

On the marble specifically, he told them,

“It’s a vein that people have been after for fifty years, and the owner of the quarry didn’t want to sell it, but he liked me.”

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was also present, stepping forward at one point to offer his own read on the occasion.

“Today, of course, is a day of celebration, and it’s a day of gratitude,” Burgum said.

The President also took the opportunity to give reporters an update on the public golf course on the Potomac River, which he has taken to calling “trash island,” the site where rubble from the demolished East Wing was dumped.

“We’re upgrading trash island,” he shared.

(The scene and remarks above are drawn from New York Times reporting. The publication reports this account as observed and does not endorse any project or position referenced.)

Anderson Cooper left baffled as Trump holds ballroom press conference the day after midterms:

One day after the midterms, the President stood at the White House ballroom construction site and held a press conference. The election results were not on the agenda. The steel beams were.

Trump told the gathered reporters the project was moving along, noting that the final piece of steel was going up and that he felt it was the right moment to have the media present. On where the ballroom was headed, he was characteristically confident.

“It’s going to be not only one of the biggest, but it’ll be the most beautiful ballroom, I think, anywhere in the world,” he told reporters.

When members of the press tried pushing him on the election results, Trump brushed them off. On the subject of a potential impeachment, he was unbothered.

“No. Not even a little bit,” he replied.

He wrapped up by pointing reporters toward the ongoing construction behind him, telling them to watch the beam go up. CNN aired the footage, and Anderson Cooper made no attempt to hide his disbelief, telling viewers that Trump had spent the briefing discussing granite and every detail of the ballroom construction the day after a massive election loss.

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“It’s remarkable,” Cooper said.

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