BBC News, White House
The White House has announced a plan to construct a new ballroom $ 200m (£ 151m), fulfilling the frequent reiterate of US President Donald Trump.
The new ballroom will be built with the “modern” Eastern Wing of the White House, currently in the offices of First Lady Melania Trump and other major White House Post.
According to Press Secretary Karolin Levitt, with the onset of work in September, the money will be donated directly by Trump and other Sur-Far Anam donors.
Trump has repeatedly promised to build a “beautiful” ballroom at the White House, and offered to pay $ 100M during Barack Obama’s administration in 2016 – which was rejected by the then President.
In a briefing for reporters at the White House on Thursday, Levit stated that the “need and best addition” for the White House would be around 90,000 (8,360 square meters) with a seating capacity of about 650.
Currently, several formal White House functions are held in the East Room of the White House, which can sit about 200 people.
The new Ballroom, Levit, said, “will also eliminate the need for the” large and fake tent “to be established for the state’s dinner and other major events – which sometimes involve world leaders.”
According to Leavet, construction is expected to be completed “long before” the end of Trump’s tenure in the office in January 2029.
Staff chief Susie Wils said in a statement, “The President and Trump are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserve the special history of the White House White House, while forming a beautiful bowroom, which can be enjoyed by future administration and generations of Americans.”
The rendering provided by the White House suggests that the ballroom will be a architectural form similar to the rest of the White House, which would have a grand interior, including chandeliers and ornate columns.
Currently, the office placed in the eastern wing of the White House adjacent to construction will be temporarily located, including the first female Melania Trump.
President Trump has repeatedly voiced his desires for a new ballroom as part of renewal in the White House, which has already seen two big flagpole installation, new gold decorations and bulldozing in the oval office and bulldozing and paving of the famous Rose Garden.
Trump said at a program at the White House on Thursday, “There is never a President who is good in Ballroom.” “I am good in building things.”
Trump stated that he always had to receive tents for big events in the White House “, which he described as a disaster.” This is not a beautiful view. “
Earlier this week, during a Scotland meeting with European Council President Ursula Van Der Leyen, Trump told him that “we are building a great ballroom at the White House.”
“No President knew how a ballroom was built,” Trump said sitting in another ballroom at his turnberry golf resort. “I can take it, drop it down from there, and it will be beautiful.”
In 2016, when on the campaign mark during Barack Obama’s administration, Trump offered to contribute to the White House to contribute $ 100m for the construction of a new ballroom, which to use to host the events.
At that time, the then Press Secretary Josh Arest said that this suggestion was “nothing that everyone was considered seriously”.
“I am not sure that it would be appropriate to have a bright gold trump sign on any part of the White House,” Bayana told reporters.