{"id":101737,"date":"2025-10-28T05:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/101737\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T05:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:01:08","slug":"staircase-leading-to-a-brick-wall-bizarre-architectural-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-ballroom-design-no-one-knows-what-hes-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/101737\/","title":{"rendered":"Staircase leading to a brick wall: Bizarre architectural flaws emerge in Trump&#8217;s ballroom design; no one knows what he&#8217;s building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/major-loopholes-were-found-in-the-miniature-model-of-the-white-house-ballroom-which-is-at-the-center.jpeg\" alt=\"Staircase leading to a brick wall: Bizarre architectural flaws emerge in Trump's ballroom design; no one knows what he's building\" title=\"Major loopholes were found in the miniature model of the White House ballroom which is at the center of a raging controversy.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Major loopholes were found in the miniature model of the White House ballroom which is at the center of a raging controversy. Donald Trump&#8217;s ballroom design is in flux as bizarre architectural flaws emerge in the designs released so far. The construction was slated to begin in September, is supposed to be completed before the end of Trump&#8217;s term. Plans shared by the MAGA administration suggest \u201ca hurried process,\u201d the New York Times reported, pointing out the technical flaws that were found in the miniature model unveiled Wednesday. A staircase leading to a wallThe model showed a staircase leading up from the South Lawn, but it reaches nowhere and hits a wall. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s $350M \u2018Presidential Ballroom\u2019 Mystery Sends D.C. Into Frenzy; What\u2019s He Really Building?<\/p>\n<p>Windows opening onto one anotherAnother bizarre feature was a window that appears to open out onto another window. Last Monday, the White House started tearing down part of the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for the first lady, to build President Donald Trump\u2019s $250 million ballroom despite lacking approval for construction from the federal agency that oversees such projects.Dramatic photos of the demolition work showed construction equipment tearing into the East Wing fa\u00e7ade and windows and other building parts in tatters on the ground. Some reporters watched from a park near the Treasury Department, which is next to the East Wing.Trump announced the start of construction in a social media post and referenced the work while hosting 2025 college baseball champs Louisiana State University and LSU-Shreveport in the East Room. He noted the work was happening \u201cright behind us.\u201dThe administration has dismissed attacks on the project as \u201cmanufactured outrage.\u201d Donald Trump Jr. has rebuffed critiques from members of the Clinton family by pointing out scandals during their time in the White House. The Trump team also updated a page on the official White House website to include a timeline of \u201cmajor events.\u201d The timeline largely consists of significant construction projects, but Trump aides added in then-President Bill Clinton\u2019s affair with Monica Lewinsky; the discovery of cocaine in the building during the Biden administration; and a 2023 Trans Day of Visibility celebration at which one attendee was topless.\u201cWe\u2019ve been keeping you apprised of this project. We\u2019ve shown you the renderings. And if you look at the renderings, it\u2019s very clear the East Wing was going to be modernized,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major loopholes were found in the miniature model of the White House ballroom which is at the center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,67108,438,67109,146,85,46,67106,67107,67110],"class_list":{"0":"post-101737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-ballroom-controversy","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-east-wing-demolition","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-trump-ballroom-design","19":"tag-trump-ballroom-staircase","20":"tag-white-house-construction-project"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}