{"id":2649680,"date":"2026-08-26T02:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-da-says-were-gonna-blow-it-up-when-discussing-trumps-white-house-ballroom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T02:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:53:01","slug":"philadelphia-da-says-were-gonna-blow-it-up-when-discussing-trumps-white-house-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-da-says-were-gonna-blow-it-up-when-discussing-trumps-white-house-ballroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia DA says &#8216;we&#8217;re gonna blow it up&#8217; when discussing Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fphiladelphia-da-says-were-gonna-blow-it-up-when-discussing-trumps-white-house-ballroom%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=2649680&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>Philadelphia District Attorney larry Krasner expressed a provocative and humorous vision regarding the destruction of the White House ballroom, which was ordered during Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. During a slavery commemoration at Philadelphia\u2019s Independence Mall, Krasner stated he plans to blow up the ballroom in an \u201cofficial ceremony\u201d and keep a piece of it as a paperweight. His remarks drew applause from some attendees, while others criticized him, notably Philadelphia resident Lindy Li, who called Krasner a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>Krasner linked this plan to the slavery exhibit at the President\u2019s House in Philadelphia, asserting that while the exhibit would remain for as long as the federal park exists, the ballroom in Washington, D.C., would be destroyed. He also indicated that the Trump-named Kennedy Center would not survive. Krasner harshly criticized President Trump,calling him a \u201cfool,\u201d and other negative terms.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the destruction of the ballroom would be a symbolic act, with the exhibit and educational content intended to endure long-term. Krasner\u2019s comments are embedded in broader political debates, including recent disputes over the removal of original panels from the slavery exhibit following orders from the Trump management. Krasner\u2019s remarks were theatrical, emphasizing a rejection of Trump-era structures and themes.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philadelphia District Attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4602123\/philadelphia-district-attorney-says-little-about-murdered-college-student\/\">Larry Krasner<\/a> has an explosive vision of the future of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4694407\/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-white-house-ballroom-construction\/\">White House ballroom<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a press conference on Tuesday, Krasner said the White House ballroom ordered by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> to be constructed would be \u201cblown up.\u201d The Philadelphia district attorney made the remarks during the 24th annual slavery <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/krasner-says-he-will-keep-piece-of-trumps-ballroom-after-we-all-blow-it-up\/4453589\/\">commiseration<\/a> ceremony at the slavery exhibit at the President\u2019s House site at Philadelphia\u2019s Independence Mall. Krasner said he looked forward to having a keepsake from the event.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4700535\/philadelphia-da-says-were-gonna-blow-it-up-when-discussing-trumps-white-house-ballroom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Philadelphia DA says \u2018we\u2019re gonna blow it up\u2019 when discussing Trump\u2019s White House ballroom<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4699862\/dolly-parton-dies-at-age-80\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dolly Parton dies at age 80 after \u2018brief battle with cancer\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4699592\/judge-rules-avenal-california-officials-refused-leave-recall-illegal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>California judge rules Avenal officials who refused to leave after recall were there illegally<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m gonna have a paperweight sitting on my desk,\u201d Krasner said. \u201cYou know what that paperweight is gonna be? It\u2019s gonna be a piece of a ballroom after we all blow it up. That\u2019s what it\u2019s gonna be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner saying he plans to keep a piece of the White House ballroom after \u201cwe all blow it up\u201d in an \u201cofficial ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video by: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCPhiladelphia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCPhiladelphia<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fj0X3bkwdH\">pic.twitter.com\/fj0X3bkwdH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Tremoglie (@chriswtremo) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chriswtremo\/status\/2092494274151522533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krasner also asserted that the ballroom\u2019s destruction would be done in \u201can official ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust so we\u2019re clear, in an official ceremony, we\u2019re gonna blow it up, and we\u2019re going to give the taxpayers their money back by selling old pieces as paper weights,\u201d Krasner said. \u201cAnd I will have one on my desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several attendees enjoyed Krasner\u2019s rhetoric and applauded him. At least one could be heard shouting that they \u201cwanted a piece\u201d of the ballroom after it was blown up. Not everyone was as enthusiastic, however. Philadelphia resident Lindy Li, a political strategist and author of the upcoming book, <em>Unburdened<\/em>, objected to Krasner\u2019s words.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKrasner is one of the single biggest disgraces from my beloved city,\u201d Li told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cOn behalf of my fellow America-loving Philadelphians, I\u2019d like to apologize to the rest of our country for our shameful DA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krasner brought up the ballroom while talking about the slavery exhibit, even though the ballroom is in Washington, D.C., and the slavery exhibit is in Philadelphia. The slavery exhibit has been mired in controversy in recent months due to the Trump administration ordering the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4433031\/national-park-service-removes-slavery-exhibit-in-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">removal of the site\u2019s original panels<\/a> as part of Trump\u2019s executive order, \u201cRestoring Truth and Sanity to American History.\u201d Multiple lawsuits were filed to prevent the removal. After months of back-and-forth, the courts ruled that the Trump administration was permitted to remove the original panels and replace them. New <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/slavery-panels-replaced-presidents-house-site-philadelphia\/19513565\/\" rel=\"noopener\">panels at the site were installed in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krasner addressed this and said that the original panels would eventually be returned after \u201cthey had won.\u201d He asserted that the slavery exhibit would remain for as long as \u201cas long as this federal park is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth noting that the slavery exhibit at the President\u2019s House in Philadelphia is not connected in any way to the White House ballroom. They are separate structures, separate entities, and in different cities. However, Krasner linked the two and promised that, in the future, the slavery exhibit at the President\u2019s House would remain, while the ballroom would not. He also promised that the Kennedy Center bearing Trump\u2019s name would not exist either. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4695210\/leftist-network-working-to-sabotage-trump-dc-prosecutions\/\">INSIDE THE LEFTIST NETWORK WORKING TO SABOTAGE TRUMP\u2019S DC PROSECUTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want you to think forward because there\u2019s a beautiful time coming,\u201d Krasner said. \u201cThis memorial will be here. The educational content will be here. People will be coming to see it not for a year or two, or not even 20 years. They will be coming to see it as long as this federal park is here.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut let me tell you what will not be here,\u201d Krasner said earlier in the press conference before mentioning about blowing the ballroom up. \u201cThere will not be a ballroom. There will not be a Kennedy Center renamed for a fool. That will not be happening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fool was just one of the words Krasner used to describe President Donald Trump on Tuesday. He also called the president a \u201cpain in the a**\u201d and the \u201cembodiment of hate, the embodiment of ignorance, and the embodiment of depriving people of their vote and education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krasner vows to blow up Trump\u2019s White House ballroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2707,"featured_media":2649681,"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\/2026\/07\/AP25141093051827.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51904,5522,36160,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2649680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-da-2","tag-philadelphia","tag-political-controversy","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25141093051827.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649680","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\/2707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649684,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649680\/revisions\/2649684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}