Soured over the president’s White House renovations, Don Lemon dropped a new hoax alleging a broken promise over a “big, stupid ballroom.”

“… do these people care about anything?”

Having dropped the pretense of journalism for his preferred “opinion journalism,” the former CNN talking head took to social media to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s latest improvements to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Specifically, Lemon claimed the chief executive had broken a promise regarding the “original structure” that appeared to fall short of reality.

“Breaking news,” began the commentator adorned in a T-shirt promoting his podcast, “part of the White House has been demolished, and apparently no lie is too big and nothing is sacred with the Trump administration because – you know he wants to build that big, stupid ballroom, it’s in construction now. Well, the original promise is that it would not affect any of the original structure of the White House.”

“Well, too bad that is not true because part of the East Wing has now been demolished in order to make way for the big, stupid ballroom. Is anything — do these people care about anything? About history?” griped Lemon.

The White House is a historical institution
Hard to believe he’s legally allowed to do this to the ORIGINAL STRUCTURE pic.twitter.com/kJk2avJHtt

— Meidas_Charise Lee (@charise_lee) October 20, 2025

“About — can you imagine what this thing is gonna look like; all gold everything, like a freaking bad Trump Tower condominium or like the Oval Office that looks like gold spit up — fake gold spit up from Home Depot,” he kvetched. “Money does not buy you class.”

Despite the echo chamber of responses on Lemon’s Instagram and TikTok accounts that fully embraced the claim, accompanied by the caption, “Trump’s destroying the White House just like he’s destroying our country…,” the argument was readily debunked by the White House, including a timeline of additions and alterations of the structure by presidential predecessors.

“For over 100 years, presidents have enhanced the White House, preserving its legacy as a symbol of our nation. Today, President Trump proudly broke ground on the new, big White House Ballroom. Privately funded, it costs taxpayers nothing & will be cherished for generations,” the official White House account shared on X.

For over 100 years, presidents have enhanced the White House, preserving its legacy as a symbol of our nation. Today, President Trump proudly broke ground on the new, big White House Ballroom.

Privately funded, it costs taxpayers nothing & will be cherished for generations. pic.twitter.com/p1rZdYmrOy

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 21, 2025

The account went on to add a post from the Rapid Response team challenging the “FAKE OUTRAGE” that highlighted developments by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Barack Obama.

Among those were the creation of two separate Oval Offices after the West Wing was added and the construction of the East Wing by FDR for the purpose of covering the underground bunker that came to be known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

A lot of FAKE OUTRAGE over construction of the big, beautiful (and privately funded) White House Ballroom.

FACT: Presidents have been renovating and expanding the White House for more than 100 years.

In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt built the West Wing .

In 1909,… pic.twitter.com/p7opxjsNAm

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 20, 2025

Among those further criticizing the “pearl clutching” over the project, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung didn’t hold back when he called out, “Construction has always been a part of the evolution of the White House. Losers who are quick to criticize need to stop their pearl clutching and understand the building needs to be modernized. Otherwise you’re just living in the past.”

Construction has always been a part of the evolution of the White House.

Losers who are quick to criticize need to stop their pearl clutching and understand the building needs to be modernized. Otherwise you’re just living in the past. pic.twitter.com/OpINUW2ofA

— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) October 20, 2025

If Joe Biden had initiated this project, would we have this outrage?

No because we wouldn’t have even known about it.

— TheJerseyGirl (@ChristineX2024) October 21, 2025

And don’t forget the Truman Balcony, and the PEOC bunker.

— Doug (@DougSwaffield) October 20, 2025

The Constitution is a living document according to these boneheads but the White House is frozen in amber.

— cryptostonks (@cryptostonks13) October 21, 2025

The left’s hypocrisy is on another level. pic.twitter.com/Uto37kEA6v

— Matthew Nelson (@MatthewUSAF) October 21, 2025

Wait until you see the arch of liberal tears, we are going to build on the Washington mall. pic.twitter.com/FZ8gzEx9Jp

— Nathan the Black (@vantamaga) October 21, 2025

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