The Democrat Party stopped being a serious party years ago. I really think Donald Trump broke them in ways they’ll never recover from. They no longer disagree on issues. Every disagreement is an existential crisis, a threat to democracy, an excuse to file lawsuits to stop something, no matter how innocuous. The White House ballroom project is a key example of this. For years, there has been bipartisan agreement that a ballroom was necessary. Trump’s big crime here is finally doing something about it. And yet, it took an act of the U.S. Supreme Court this week to make it clear that the project could, at least for now, move on.
On Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary stay blocking lower court rulings that would have halted the above-ground construction.
"Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, the response, and the reply filed thereto, it is ordered that the preliminary injunction entered on April 16, 2026, by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-4316, is hereby stayed pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court," the order read.
This is merely an administrative, stay of the lower court's injunction while the justices consider the administration's request for a stay pending appeal, but still a reflection of the stupidity that brought us to this point.
Presidents have renovated and expanded the White House for over a century. Theodore Roosevelt built the West Wing in 1902. William Howard Taft added the Oval Office in 1909. Franklin D. Roosevelt installed an indoor pool and expanded both wings. Harry Truman gutted and rebuilt the entire interior in 1948. Richard Nixon added the press briefing room and a bowling alley. Barack Obama converted the tennis court into a basketball court during a two-year, $375 million overhaul. All normal, noncontroversial stuff.
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The hypocrisy is obvious. Critics who praised Democratic-era renovations as historic preservation have dismissed the ballroom as a vanity project. The administration already tore down the East Wing, so preservation isn't even the real argument anymore.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is the lone Democrat willing to admit the ballroom makes sense. Even the editors of the Washington Post called it a "reasonable idea" last year, acknowledging that "privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses recognize the long-overdue need for an event space like what Trump is creating."
For years, the White House has hosted state dinners in tents, forcing guests, including foreign dignitaries, to use portable toilets. That might excite Graham Platner, but it's an embarrassment, and it makes the country look small on the world stage.
The ballroom Trump is building is long overdue. It is seriously tacky to host state dinners in temporary tents as you can see in this photo in 2009. pic.twitter.com/phQAsDO43U
— Matt Margolis (@mattmargolis) October 23, 2025
Do you think that if Joe Biden or Barack Obama unveiled the same ballroom that there’d be any outrage over it? Not a chance. The press would be swooning over the architecture, calling it a bold step toward "progress." Because it's Trump making it happen, the media treat the project like a constitutional crisis.
That's the real reason Democrats can't let this go. Once finished, the ballroom stands as permanent proof that Trump served two terms and left the White House better than he found it, a legacy no lawsuit, no executive order, and no future administration can erase. But then again… Last year, Democrats were already calling for its demolition before it was even finished. I suspect a key litmus test for the party's 2028 nominees will be a promise to tear it down the moment they take office.
They can't compete with what Trump built, so they'd rather destroy it.
