Swalwell demands 2028 Democrats demolish Trump’s White House ballroom

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., mentioned the subsequent Democratic presidential candidate should pledge to demolish the president Donald Trump‘s White Home ballroom, presenting the pledge as a litmus take a look at for the occasion’s 2028 contenders.

“Do not even contemplate looking for the Democratic nomination for president until you promise to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE,” Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday.

Swalwell’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital for extra remark.

EXPANSIVE $250M NEW WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM TO BE PAID BY TRUMP AND DONORS

The ballroom is anticipated to value $250 million and might be funded by President Donald Trump and personal donors. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Photographs)

For the primary time in its historical past, the White Home can have a proper ballroom, a brand new addition on the positioning the place the East Wing as soon as stood, a venture that has change into a political flashpoint as images of the demolition gasoline debate over President Trump’s mark on the historic residence.

On July 31, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced the deliberate development of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The expansive ballroom accommodates roughly 650 seated company and stays true to the traditional White Home design.

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“The White Home is at the moment unable to host giant worship companies world leaders in different nations with out having to put in a big and ugly tent about 100 yards away from the doorway to the primary constructing,” Leavitt mentioned, including the brand new ballroom might be “a much-needed and wonderful addition.”

The White Home has by no means had a proper ballroom earlier than. (Eric Lee/Getty Photographs)

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Building of the White Home grounds, which started earlier this month, is estimated to value $250 million and might be financed by Trump and personal donors.

The ballroom is not the one replace.

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President Donald Trump has launched gold accents to the Oval Workplace and Cupboard Room. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Photographs)

Trump launched gold accents within the Oval Workplace and Cupboard Room, a brand new monument referred to as the “Arc de Trump,” the “stroll of fame” that includes portraits of former presidents, together with a photograph of the autopen representing former President Joe Biden’s time in workplace, has been added to the Rose Backyard garden and put in stone pavers two 88-foot flagpoles.