Staff Reports
President Trump is under attack again, this time for trying to leave a grand legacy with a new White House ballroom project. The price tag of $300 to $400 million seems to have set off alarm bells for the preservationist left, who continue to try to trip up the former President at every turn.
A lawsuit aims to bring this visionary project to a grinding halt, fronted by none other than the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It’s a classic case of liberal busybodies sticking their noses where they don’t belong, cloaked in the guise of historical preservation. This is the same crowd that pretends to care about historic buildings when, in reality, they just can’t stomach the idea of Trump making a mark that could rival previous administrations. It’s an all-too-familiar song and dance, folks.
Trump fumes it’s ‘too late to go back’ on $300M White House ballroom after org’s lawsuit https://t.co/FDiBhrWeyn pic.twitter.com/AHKAFEtO8n
— New York Post (@nypost) January 25, 2026
President Trump launched a blistering counterattack against what he sees as a frivolous challenge. On his Truth Social platform, he laid bare the ridiculousness of blocking a project aimed at enhancing an iconic symbol of American governance—the White House itself. These so-called ‘historians’ can’t grasp that progress often involves crafting new histories, not just clinging to dusty, old ones.
Let’s be real: if this ballroom were planned by a Democrat, the media would swoon over the creativity and foresight. Yet, because Trump is behind it, it’s suddenly taboo, bordering on an architectural crime. Of course, the irony doesn’t escape anyone with half a brain; liberals who often funnel tax dollars into their pet projects suddenly have fiscal discipline when Trump wants to invest in a tangible slice of history.
President Trump has always been about building and leaving things better than he found them. He’s the architect of more than buildings—he’s an architect of ideas, of shaking up the stale establishment. Stalling this project under flimsy pretenses shows a desperation to hinder any legacy he tries to build. Are they afraid of the ballroom itself, or the message it sends about Trump’s enduring impact?
The left must hate having Trump’s indomitable will plastered where they least want it. They can challenge him, but history favors the bold. Do liberals really think that stopping a ballroom will stop a movement?
