{"id":2501902,"date":"2025-10-22T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-blasts-critics-of-white-house-ballroom-points-to-history\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:23:24","slug":"johnson-blasts-critics-of-white-house-ballroom-points-to-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-blasts-critics-of-white-house-ballroom-points-to-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson blasts critics of White House ballroom, points to history"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohnson-blasts-critics-of-white-house-ballroom-points-to-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s renovation of the White House East Wing ballroom, calling it &#8220;the greatest improvement to the White House in the history of the building.&#8221; He suggested that critics, notably Democrats who oppose the project despite it being privately funded, suffer from &#8220;Trump Derangement Syndrome.&#8221; Johnson referenced past historic renovations made by presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Barack Obama to emphasize the tradition of updating the White house. Some Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, criticized the timing and expense of the $200 million renovation, especially during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress members won&#039;t take pay during ...\">ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goya-ceo-if-we-shut-down-this-economy-its-the-beginning-of-the-end\/\" title=\"Goya CEO: If We Shut Down This Economy, It\u2019s The \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d\">government shutdown<\/a><\/a>. Despite this, Johnson emphasized that the ballroom would serve all Americans and future administrations alike.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Johnson says those upset about White House ballroom have &lsquo;Trump Derangement Syndrome&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2379619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) gave reporters a brief history lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> renovations during a Wednesday morning press conference, adding that those who oppose President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3857506\/white-house-east-wing-ballroom-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/east-wing-demolition-continues-history-of-white-house-renovations\/\" title=\"East Wing demolition continues ... of ...\">ballroom renovation<\/a><\/a> &ldquo;have Trump Derangement Syndrome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson addressed reporters in his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >22nd press briefing<\/a> during the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. House GOP leaders repeatedly pointed out that Democratic leadership will oppose Trump &ldquo;for everything he does, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t matter what it is,&rdquo; as Johnson put it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3859465\/watch-live-house-gop-leadership-holds-press-conference\/\">WATCH LIVE: House GOP leadership hold a press conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3858859\/arizona-sues-mike-johnson-delay-swearing-in-adelita-grijalva\/\">Arizona sues US House over Speaker Johnson&#8217;s delay in swearing in Adelita Grijalva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3858547\/house-judiciary-obama-cia-director-john-brennan-doj-prosecution\/\">House Judiciary refers Obama CIA director John Brennan to the DOJ for prosecution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The House speaker pointed to Trump&rsquo;s ballroom renovation, telling reporters it will be &ldquo;the greatest improvement to the White House in the history of the building,&rdquo; after walking through other historic renovations. Johnson pointed to expansions by former presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ballroom is going to be glorious. It&rsquo;s going to be used for everybody. And by the way, hey, Democrats, if you win the White House back, you get to use it too. This is for the American people, and he&rsquo;s using private funds to do it. How in the world could they oppose that? The only reason, the only logical reason, is because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The White House announced and released images of what the East Wing ballroom will look like. (White House press release)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several Democratic lawmakers have criticized Trump&rsquo;s efforts to begin remodeling the White House during the government shutdown, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3857506\/white-house-east-wing-ballroom-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$200 million renovation<\/a> is privately funded. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;fancy, expensive new ballroom&rdquo; &ldquo;galling&rdquo; in a Senate floor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-republicans-ignoring-the-healthcare-needs-of-americans-while-donald-trump-renovates-the-wh-ballroom-bails-out-argentina-and-celebrates-shutdown-with-republicans-at-rose-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech<\/a>. Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3858979\/thom-tillis-trump-shutdown-ballroom-renovations-timing-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC) also called it &ldquo;bad&rdquo; timing to renovate during the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858254\/east-wing-demolition-continues-long-line-of-white-house-renovations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EAST WING DEMOLITION CONTINUES LONG LINE OF WHITE HOUSE RENOVATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the White House was rebuilt in 1814 after British troops burned it down in the War of 1812, at least a dozen presidential administrations have carried out renovations to the building.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Obama, a pick-up basketball enthusiast, added a basketball court to the grounds in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson: Critics of Trump&#8217;s ballroom have &#8216;Derangement Syndrome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2501905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEX_GOP-2.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[65586,4365,4919,4162,32127],"class_list":["post-2501902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-ballroom","tag-critics","tag-history","tag-johnson","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEX_GOP-2.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501907,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501902\/revisions\/2501907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}