Trump's ballroom design a 'hurried process' that includes stairs to nowhere: report
Source: Raw Story
October 25, 2025 8:54AM ET
President Donald Trumps plans to construct a 90,000 square-foot ballroom where the White Houses East Wing once stood appear to be ever-changing and done in a hurried process, with one design document showing the project to have a staircase leading to nowhere, according to a report Saturday from the New York Times.
Architects and historians say that it is not unusual for designs to change during a project like this, but that Mr. Trump has not followed the typical process for White House renovations, which normally involve reviews by organizations like the National Capital Planning Commission, the report reads. And the various plans Mr. Trump has shared have suggested a hurried process.
Trump revealed more details on the plans for the proposed ballroom this week, including new design renderings of the facilitys exterior. The Times, however, noted in its report that there were some mistakes in at least one of the design renderings, including a staircase leading up to no clear landing, and colliding windows.
The price of the ballroom ballooned this week from $200 million to $300 million, and construction on the project originally slated to begin last month has been delayed to an undetermined date.
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twodogsbarking
(16,806 posts)his only chance.
electric_blue68
(24,958 posts)COL Mustard
(7,807 posts)A stairway to nowhere.
ananda
(34,015 posts)it didn't say which way.
cbabe
(5,942 posts)republianmushroom
(22,096 posts)A little potty room at the head of those stairs, so he can wait is comfort for his entrance.
popsdenver
(1,048 posts)a small elevator to the top, a waiting room, and then his grand entrance to every occasion in the new ballroom.
I suspect they will need to change the staircase to an escalator, as he won't even be able to walk down stairs in the near future.
He can make a grand entrance, coming down the escalator, just like he did in 2016?????
tanyev
(48,321 posts)Oh well.
Ocelot II
(128,335 posts)
FakeNoose
(39,510 posts)He won't take responsibility for any of this mess ... just wait and see if I'm right.
Oh, and the costs are going to triple before this is done.
keroro gunsou
(2,299 posts)grass on the field is purely optional as well, but not preferred.
C_U_L8R
(48,565 posts)Or at least a metaphor. Maybe a warning to future generations.
AZJonnie
(2,313 posts)Some Californian's will get this joke
sakabatou
(45,529 posts)Doors which open to walls, and other oddities. Been there, never did one of the late night "ghost" tours.
Progressive dog
(7,547 posts)I'm certain he will replace them with an elevator.
groundloop
(13,446 posts)It takes a special kind of stupid to bankrupt a casino where customers are literally walking in the door and handing you money.
Dixiegrrrl
(162 posts)If you can borrow millions from a bank and avoid paying it back via bankruptcies , you get free money.
Doing that 6 times from the same bank raises a whole lot of questions.
He has perfected the art of living on other people's money thru avoiding paying debts.
ChicagoTeamster
(186 posts)He should actually know what he's doing after all those years of the construction business.
Mysterian
(6,077 posts)if the American people allow it to happen.
slightlv
(7,040 posts)and now even a first lawsuit about it, I'm hoping this is the "one toke over the line" too many for the American people. This has hit them viscerally. The rose garden was one thing, but it seemed to affect the more genteel of us more than others. THIS destruction has hit everyone in the gut. I hopeful the damage that has been done so far will just sit there throughout 2026, a visual metaphor for what he's doing to our entire country. Command him to put the wing back the way it was before he touched it. If we can't afford to feed kids and old folks in this country, we certainly can't afford a $300 billion vanity project.
littlemissmartypants
(30,917 posts)Norrrm
(3,465 posts)BumRushDaShow
(163,441 posts)"Move fast and break things".
SergeStorms
(19,831 posts)He's very big on escalators you know. 😉
mahina
(20,158 posts)Captain Zero
(8,626 posts)I'm wondering if they stumbled upon a problem with the weight and dimensions of the ballroom and miscalculated it's effect on the integrity of the bunker below. They were only finishing the bunker upgrades earlier this year.
struggle4progress
(125,144 posts)Blue Owl
(57,938 posts)CMell
(20 posts)Scrolling down to paragraph 31
Emphasis added