Trump speaks at Black History Month event: "We have a ballroom being built right now. See that curtain?" [View all]
Trump Uses Black History Month Event to Brag About His Ballroom
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-uses-black-history-month-event-to-brag-about-his-ballroom/
“This is a nice full room,” Trump began soon after taking the podium. “You know, we have a ballroom being built right now, so in about a year and a half we’ll be able to have, I’d say, ten times the number.”
“You could invite some friends who couldn’t make it today, because frankly, this was a sold-out crowd, has been ever since I’ve been president, every year it’s been sold out,” he continued before returning to the topic of his $400 million ballroom, which is currently under construction in the East Wing.
“There’s your knockout panel, for those that are interested,” he said, pointing across the room. “See that curtain? You open that curtain, and it’s a beautiful funnel right into the most beautiful ballroom that’s being built there.”
The president went on to claim that “they” wanted the ballroom built for 150 years, but that it was his administration who were “getting it done.” He has previously claimed that past presidents wanted to build a spacious ballroom but were not able to do so.
“We’re getting a lot of other things done too,” he added, before finally returning to the topic at hand and welcoming attendees to the reception, held to mark Black History Month.
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