President Donald Trump will likely name his giant gold ballroom after himself, an ABC News reporter posted Friday on X.
The move prompted swift backlash from those who are already furious to see Trump take a bulldozer to the most well-known building in America.
Others found the news that Trump would name something after himself less surprising.
"Least shocking news in human history," quipped The Bulwark's Andrew Egger.
"I am shocked. Shocked I tell you," said Zeteo News founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan sarcastically.
A follower replied to his post on X with a giant gold skyscraper on top of the ballroom with TRUMP across the top. They suggested it might be "stage 2" of the Trump design.
"Ahahahaha... not the Winter Palace then?" asked journalist Roger Hutchinson.
"Then that 100 percent eventually gets blown to smithereens. He knew nobody else would honor him. So the bastard tore down the East Wing to build a monument to himself. But as fast as they’re moving, you know they’re cutting corners. It’ll probably blow over in a stiff breeze," commented Glenn Craven, a longtime media professional.
"It is still Twitter here and this boondoggle is still named THE EPSTEIN BALLROOM," commented book reviewer Kevin R. Tipple, talking about Trump's frequent use of distractions to change the public conversation about the release of the files around the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
"It will be known as the Epstein ballroom until it is rubble. There should be nothing that celebrates the most corrupt administration in American history," former Democratic West Virginia candidate Timothy Bellman said.
"*until early 2029" communications consultant Josh Schwerin said as a footnote.
Reporter Brad Reed quipped that naming it after Trump "will make knocking it down all the sweeter."
Progressive Mass political director Jonathan Cohen brought it back to an important comparison: "Trump wants to build himself a gaudy ballroom at the same time he is taking food away from children."
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