Sure, discuss and I in no way indicated I thought the addition is petty. Quite the opposite, I opined the ballroom is functional, necessary and appropriate. As well as largely privately funded. There are likely some gov’t agencies involved on the periphery, at some federal cost.
You used words like ‘gaudiness’ & ‘glam’ for the structure and in description of the president.
Unless some black-robed tyrant shuts it down, it’s going to be huuuuge! I look forward to the completion.
The ballroom looks more reasonable, but that arch, and the gold paint or leaf in the White House, is too much.
Trump loves his gold toilets, but that is not this country’s ethos.