Renovations in large public buildings are not exactly unusual. Even in the White House, renovations are common. But the national media despises President Donald Trump so deeply that they turn everything he does into a scandal. This week it is building a new ballroom in the White House with private donations.
The president originally said the East Wing would remain intact, but it collapsed this week, sparking an outpouring of fear. First came the “optics” of this. CBS reporter Weijia Jiang said, “Some Democrats have criticized President Trump for focusing on a new ballroom while the government remains closed.” That’s shameless, since it’s the Democrats who refuse to end the shutdown.
ABC’s Mary Bruce, who has routinely applauded President Joe Biden’s time in the White House, also brought the “growing controversy” chatter, slamming Republicans for the optics argument: “Some Republicans tonight [are] I now doubt the optics of this, especially during the shutdown.’ She found only one: outgoing Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Then Bruce added: “Former First Lady Hillary Clinton told the American people, ‘It’s not his house, it’s your house and he’s destroying it.’” Her daughter Chelsea Clinton wrote an op-ed for USA Today with the same “people’s house” theme.
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This is rich, considering the Clintons sold overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom to top donors and President Bill Clinton turned the White House into a sex den for interns. It’s also rich when you consider that the Clintons were caught trying to steal $28,000 worth of donated furniture as they left the house in 2001. Guess what? The Washington Post broke the story, but the broadcast networks wouldn’t repeat it.
Imagine if the Reagans wanted to make off with donated furniture? Imperious Nancy would never have heard the end of it. But the Clintons were undeterred. ABC reported nothing on air. On CBS, Dan Liever gave it 19 seconds. NBC offered a full story the evening after the Post, but the next morning “Today” co-host Matt Lauer called the whole thing off: “Is this a big deal, or are we in the middle of Pick On The Clintons Month?” Newsweek’s Howard Fineman helpfully replied, “Well, it’s always Pick On The Clintons month.”
Anyone who watches these Clinton-coddled networks and their incessantly hyper-negative coverage of the Trumps can only roll their eyes.
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Even in the ballroom story, NBC trotted out Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut to throw the tyranny card: “It’s his personal whim and it’s kind of emblematic of the authoritarian, tyrannical approach that brings this president to power.”
The White House said President Donald Trump would immediately unveil a name for the upcoming White House ballroom. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
It is privately funded and therefore does not require congressional approval. The liberals cannot prevent this. So somehow it’s a power grab to build a grand new ballroom for future presidents to enjoy. In any case, NBC News shows had to reveal that their owner Comcast is a donor for the renovation, which will apply to all future presidents.
Unsurprisingly, the unanimous Trump haters on ABC’s “The View” offered nothing but cauldrons of resentment. Sunny Hostin couldn’t stop calling the ballroom plans “tacky and gaudy,” and Whoopi Goldberg incorrectly said, “Your taxes are probably going to pay for that ballroom.” Joy Behar said this demolition proved Trump was a “one-man wrecking ball” and trashed it by calling him an “annihilist.” He ‘destroys’.
They really hated that Trump was asking for millions of dollars in reimbursement from the Justice Department for all the investigation into him, which led Hostin to unravel the conspiracy that he would never leave the White House: “If he gets this $230 million, it will be used to renovate a White House he never plans to leave!”
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The late-night comedians performed their usual left-wing rituals. Outgoing CBS host Stephen Colbert said, “As of this morning, the East Wing looks like a rotisserie chicken your dog got into.” He called it a “ball-doggle” funded by “grossing companies like Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Meta Platforms and Hard Rock International.”
Previous renovations under Democrats were not controversial. On September 10, 2010, CNN aired an upbeat story from host Suzanne Malveaux about all the “banging, the hammering, the dust” of a $375 million taxpayer-funded renovation. They said Congress approved the funding in 2008, and no one looked for politicians to call “authoritarian.”
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In 1962, CBS and NBC aired a primetime special promoting First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, offering a tour of the White House under renovation. ABC carried it four days later. They were all involved in creating “Camelot” myths, creating “cultural icon” Jackie, while JFK smeared the White House with extramarital affairs.
If the White House is “the people’s house,” why would people object to a glamorous ballroom that can accommodate large gatherings, especially important foreign dignitaries? It’s only a shame because it’s Trump’s project.
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