Focused Like A Laser Beam

Trump on ballroom: This is Greek or it comes out of Greece. This faces the treasury. That’s Rome. So you have two facades. pic.twitter.com/6wW6WqHq2u

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

Trump on Ballroom: Parts of the building are taken from different parts of the world during glamorous times. This is Rome. Greece likes triangles. pic.twitter.com/OI0Ee8gf9g

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

So he’s going to add a concrete dome, à la the Parthenon? 🏛️ 

Trump says the roof of his ballroom will protect all of Washington:

If a drone hits it, it bounces off. It’s also a drone port. pic.twitter.com/VlQJkvWafS

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

And lands on the White House?

Trump on ballroom: We have great sniper capacity—for our snipers, not enemy snipers. Because of the height, we have a clear view of all of Washington. pic.twitter.com/qVbODhykck

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

Ummmm....

Trump: "Congress is approving money, but this building, I mean, I put up the money to build this building along with a lot of great patriots." pic.twitter.com/tjo6f3rxTk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2026

Are they?

it's remarkable that Trump cares about his ballroom orders of magnitude more than he cares about anything else pic.twitter.com/r8rkrUgGLH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2026

Trump on ballroom: If President Xi comes, we have nowhere to put him. pic.twitter.com/GWzuDV4vvm

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

You still won’t; he’s coming in a few months.

Trump: See? I look so thin. It’s because I’m holding this. You don’t have to look at my waist. You saw enough of my waist all over President Xi in China. pic.twitter.com/V25GsVMqV5

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

But Joe Biden didn’t recognize George Clooney. Now THAT was a problem! (And Jake Tapper hasn’t written a book about Trump yet, so…)

President Trump says the ballroom’s roof will house “unlimited drones” as a drone port.

“Drones are what’s happening right now” pic.twitter.com/lxkvjhZSN1

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2026

The Ballroom Of What’s Happening Now. (And I had understood the court reviewed the security measures around this construction in camera because they are classified national security measures. So why is Trump babbling about them on live TeeVee?)