Trump roasted for 'crazy' ballroom boast: 'Historically this always ends well'

President Donald Trump crowed about the "magnificent" ballroom he's planning at the White House, prompting a wave of outraged reactions.

The president set off shockwaves by abruptly demolishing the East Wing last month in preparation for the ballroom he's been musing about, and he hyped his plans Sunday night on Truth Social after a report last week showed him at odds with architect James McCrery II over the size and scale of the project.

"The Presidential Ballroom, which I am building at the White House, with all private donations and funding (ZERO cost to the American Taxpayer!), will be, at its completion, the most beautiful and spectacular Ballroom anywhere in the World!" Trump boasted. "It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do — But I am, and as long as we are going to do it, we are going to do it RIGHT. It will be a magnificent addition to the White House, the most important since the building of the West Wing!

Other social media users offered reactions, fact checks and other commentary.

"I must have missed Trump on the campaign trail saying that building a ballroom at the White House was one of his top priorities," posted NBC News reporter Lawrence Hurley.

"That's all well and good, but it does nothing for me or other ordinary taxpayers," opined widely followed Bluesky user Kween Cassie. "Make groceries affordable again."

"If these patriots are so eager to throw money at the government for nonsense why not just Tax Them," replied popular Bluesky user Rich Traditions.

"Your grocery bills are through the roof and all he cares about is his stupid ballroom – that’s the crux of it," posted Bluesky user Micah.

"What he cares about is that HIS BALLROOM WASN'T BIG ENOUGH," agreed researcher Torbjörn Björkman. "If your opposition can't make political hay of that, you are beyond all help."

"Historically, a downtrodden working class loves luxurious new buildings they never get access to," noted statistician Mollz. "I mean historically this always ends well."

"Does anyone know how he settled on this 150 years line?" asked writer Tim Price. "What happened during Ulysses Grant's second term that made everyone say 'You know what this place could use? A ballroom bigger than the rest of the building.'"

"He’ll make up some shit story, like Abraham Lincoln wanted a ballroom, as did every president since," said Bluesky user LouFromBoston. "We have a crazy person in the WH and no one knows what to do about it."

"It's okay for some campaign promises to be about optics rather than policy," argued writer Mark Harris. "'We're going to bulldoze his monument to himself on Day One and rebuild the East Wing' would be a very good one for 2028."

"I never heard in my 7 decades ANYONE say the WH needed a ballroom decorated w hardware store curlicues painted gold," added Deborah Witherspoon McFatter.