{"id":337642,"date":"2026-02-10T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-says-his-great-ballroom-will-be-used-for-future-presidential-inaugurations"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:49:12","slug":"trump-says-his-great-ballroom-will-be-used-for-future-presidential-inaugurations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-says-his-great-ballroom-will-be-used-for-future-presidential-inaugurations","title":{"rendered":"Trump says his &#8216;Nice Ballroom&#8217; can be used for &#8216;future Presidential Inaugurations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted new renderings of his &#8220;Great Ballroom&#8221; and said it &#8220;will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House &#8212; It is on budget, and ahead of schedule!&#8221; Trump said of the construction on the former site of the demolished East Wing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur \" style=\"padding-bottom:52.04545454545455%\" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/602d066f-76de-41b1-980a-497f3d1fdf81\/ballroom-2-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205622_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/602d066f-76de-41b1-980a-497f3d1fdf81\/ballroom-2-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205622_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/602d066f-76de-41b1-980a-497f3d1fdf81\/ballroom-2-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205622_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/602d066f-76de-41b1-980a-497f3d1fdf81\/ballroom-2-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205622_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ceremonies\" alt=\"Ceremonies\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/602d066f-76de-41b1-980a-497f3d1fdf81\/ballroom-2-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205622_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">President Donald Trump posted new renderings of the ballroom that is currently under construction, Feb. 10, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">The White House<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the social media post, Trump claimed that the new ballroom &#8220;will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations,&#8221; because of the ballroom&#8217;s expected &#8220;unprecedented structural, safety, and security features.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Fclassroom-materials%2Finaugurations%2Fan-orderly-transition%2Fthe-inaugural-site%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNathan.M.Lee%40abc.com%7C830b6bc89ea348a2eeaa08de68d614df%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C639063466055740394%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=srnQ%2ByFgedG%2F6Dh%2BYbHRvIZoaVeh7pY9eQOXExagKOc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">Library of Congress<\/a>, the Constitution lays out the language of the inaugural oath but does not dictate where the ceremony must take place.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Library of Congress adds that in the 21<sup class=\" \">st<\/sup>\u00a0<!-- -->century, &#8220;inaugurations usually take place on the west front of the U.S. Capitol,&#8221; but adds that &#8220;there have been many other inauguration sites in the nation&#8217;s history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur \" style=\"padding-bottom:45.86363636363636%\" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/bf9d5b1d-cc46-4f7d-91b7-2770b47dc1b0\/ballroom-1-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205430_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/bf9d5b1d-cc46-4f7d-91b7-2770b47dc1b0\/ballroom-1-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205430_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/bf9d5b1d-cc46-4f7d-91b7-2770b47dc1b0\/ballroom-1-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205430_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/bf9d5b1d-cc46-4f7d-91b7-2770b47dc1b0\/ballroom-1-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205430_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Congress\" alt=\"Congress\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/bf9d5b1d-cc46-4f7d-91b7-2770b47dc1b0\/ballroom-1-ht-gmh-260210_1770753205430_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">President Donald Trump posted new renderings of the ballroom that is currently under construction, Feb. 10, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">The White House<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump initially said in July that the $300 million ballroom project would not interfere with the existing White House structure. Later, when crews began tearing down the East Wing, an official said the &#8220;entirety of the East Wing will be modernized&#8221; as the massive 90,000 square foot ballroom is built.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued to stop the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In January, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/white-house-ballroom-judge-signals-skepticism-trump-administration\/story?id=129471562\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">a federal judge presiding over the challenge<\/a> signaled doubts about the Trump administration&#8217;s argument that the president has the legal authority to undertake the renovations and to fund them with private donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That judge said the decision on whether to block Trump&#8217;s renovation plans will &#8220;hopefully&#8221; come this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><em class=\" \">ABC News&#8217; Steven Portnoy and Nathan Lee contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-great-ballroom-future-presidential-inaugurations\/story?id=130037879\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted new renderings of his &#8220;Great Ballroom&#8221; and said it &#8220;will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations.&#8221; &#8220;Two views [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15726,1674,614,9706,15723,15724,15725,609,156,9845,4914],"class_list":["post-337642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ceremonies","tag-congress","tag-donald-trump","tag-federal-judge","tag-library-of-congress","tag-nathan-lee","tag-nice-ballroom","tag-president","tag-social-media","tag-steven-portnoy","tag-trump-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337644,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337642\/revisions\/337644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}