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Arts commission approves Trump's White House ballroom, clearing key hurdle
CBS News ^

Posted on 02/19/2026 11:05:43 AM PST by cotton1706

Washington — A commission that advises the federal government on architecture and the arts voted Thursday to approve President Trump's overhaul of the White House East Wing, clearing a key hurdle before above-ground construction can begin on a new ballroom.

Six members of the Commission of Fine Arts voted to give final approval of the project after discussing the plans at a virtual meeting. One member, the original architect of the ballroom, recused himself. All of the members were appointed by the president after he fired the previous members in October.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: advisoryrole; dearleader; districtofcolumbia; faniwillis; georgia; lawfare; misguidedpriorities; nojurisdiction; whachutlkngbout

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1 posted on 02/19/2026 11:05:43 AM PST by cotton1706
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2 posted on 02/19/2026 11:07:19 AM PST by cotton1706
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Just a few more federal district judges’ roadblocks to go. Should be cleared by 2030.

“I rode on the LA high speed rail and now danced in the White House ballroom. Can it get any better?”
——Awed citizen in 2030.


3 posted on 02/19/2026 11:08:47 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Should be great, really a needed building on the WH grounds.


4 posted on 02/19/2026 11:09:47 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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All of the members were appointed by the president after he fired the previous members in October.

Beautiful! I love this guy. Gutfeld is right - we don't deserve President Trump.

5 posted on 02/19/2026 11:10:48 AM PST by Redplum
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Beautiful.👍


6 posted on 02/19/2026 11:11:28 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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“””All of the members were appointed by the president after he fired the previous members in October.””””

That sound you hear is liberal heads splodin’.


7 posted on 02/19/2026 11:11:36 AM PST by shelterguy
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Right now liberals are busy defending the Muslims who want to kill your dog.

It’s crazy.

That is NOT the hill to die on in the US.


8 posted on 02/19/2026 11:14:55 AM PST by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: cotton1706

I’ve never seen this with the humans in it for scale. This would be a great place to lose a glass slipper. 😆


9 posted on 02/19/2026 11:17:07 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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As a ballroom it has its deficiencies. Not crazy about the landscaping or the entry. Were I a lady in a dress getting out of a limo, those stairs have no direct doorway at the end of a long climb. I hope it has a covered side entry at least but it would then lack the theatrical entry of notables as received from a line inside. Makes little sense to me unless I could see a floorplan.


10 posted on 02/19/2026 11:28:14 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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I can see the fancy bits at the top of the columns being gold-leafed.


11 posted on 02/19/2026 11:28:35 AM PST by ryderann
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Behind that facade this is what Truman did to the interior, he gutted it entirely leaving only the outside walls, I don't know if they ever did anything with it or if it still looks like this, they have probably cleaned it up since then but I haven't been inside.

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12 posted on 02/19/2026 11:30:59 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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OOPs, I was posting about the White House, not the future ballroom.


13 posted on 02/19/2026 11:34:19 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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” I hope it has a covered side entry at least but it would then lack the theatrical entry of notables as received from a line inside.”

I hope they fix that. If there isn’t a receiving line where “notables” can make a grand entry on a red carpet, flanked by two guards in powdered wigs dressed in 1700s costumes...how will we EVER win the mid-terms?


14 posted on 02/19/2026 11:35:35 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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It’s very beautiful. I’m glad Trump is intent on maintaining our classical tradition.

That “brutalist” style that is around DC is just dreadful!


15 posted on 02/19/2026 11:39:00 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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Trump: “I want a ball room.”

Commission: “Mr. President this is not approved.”

Trump: “You are all fired.”

Commission: “Mr. President your ball room is approved.”

Trump: Walks away and appoints a new commission because they obviously are too stupid to understand the art of the deal.


16 posted on 02/19/2026 11:42:54 AM PST by WinstonSmith1984 (Make 1984 fiction again.)
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How many millions of dollars are we spending on a “Council of art” for crying out loud.


17 posted on 02/19/2026 11:44:00 AM PST by Cowgirl
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To: cotton1706

It is so refreshing to see a President who wants things better for America.

I have become tired of the thieving Democrats and their lapdog “press”.


18 posted on 02/19/2026 11:45:10 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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There was so much fake news on this. “Trump is demolishing the east wing.”


19 posted on 02/19/2026 11:51:12 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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All of the members were appointed by the president after he fired the previous members in October

Could you imagine the Monica Media including that fact when discussing a Rat president?

20 posted on 02/19/2026 11:54:07 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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