Trump thanks George Washington for 'brilliant' ideas on White House ballroom
President Donald Trump walks at Newark Liberty International Airport as he travels en route to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Newark, New Jersey, on August 7, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

President Donald Trump thanked a founding father for his "brilliant" ideas about a nonexistent ballroom Sunday morning.

Former President George Washington appeared beside Trump in the president's controversial ballroom — which he wants the Supreme Court to give him permission to build — in an AI video posted on Truth Social early Sunday morning.

"Thank you, George, for some of your brilliant ideas on this great Military Complex/Ballroom!" Trump wrote.

The Daily Beast heaped scorn on Trump's post, noting that while he was touring the "tacky" $400 million construction project with a dead president, live Americans were enduring "brutal conditions" aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Trump recently shrugged off concerns that sailors were "losing their minds" as they suffered conditions that include moldy showers, food shortages and a severe lack of basic supplies such as toothpaste, soap and deodorant.

Trump on Friday said they hadn't been stuck on board "nearly long enough."

On MS NOW, host Eugene Daniels shared the AI video with his viewers, suggesting it was a strange thing for Trump to spend time on, considering an ongoing war in Iran and his own political party's struggles ahead of the midterm elections.

"I don't understand — I think it's supposed to be a joke," Daniels said. "I'm not sure what it is."

This is not the first time President Donald Trump posted the AI-video.

Eric Dougherty of Right Line News shared the video on X Friday night and asserted that it was "awesome."

Political commentator Brian Krassenstein disagreed.

"This is something someone posts when they have completely lost their marbles," he wrote.