In an eyebrow-raising move sure to light a match under the left, President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project got some “common sense” praise from none other than the Washington Post.
In an op-ed subtitled, “Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs,” an acronym for “Not In My Back Yard,” the paper’s editorial board said Trump is “pursuing a reasonable idea” of building the 90,000-square-foot ballroom, albeit “in the most jarring manner possible,” by demolishing the East Wing of the White House.
“Privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses acknowledge the long-overdue need for an event space like what Trump is creating. It is absurd that tents need to be erected on the South Lawn for state dinners, and VIPs are forced to use porta-potties,” read the opinion piece in the paper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
First dose of common sense I’ve seen from the legacy media on this story!
‘Washington Post Editorial Board: Trump replacing the White House East Wing is not the end of the world’ https://t.co/72p2LRu9HE
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) October 26, 2025
“Preservationists express horror that Trump did not submit his plans to their scrutiny, but the truth is that this project would not have gotten done, certainly not during his term, if the president had gone through the traditional review process. The blueprints would have faced death by a thousand papercuts,” the editorial board noted.
“Trump joins a long list of presidents who have left their imprint on the White House,” they said.“Theodore Roosevelt replaced greenhouses to construct the West Wing. William Howard Taft constructed the first Oval Office in 1909. Richard M. Nixon converted a swimming pool into the press briefing room in 1970.”
“The modern East Wing wasn’t even built until World War II to cover up an underground bunker. Harry S. Truman gutted the White House interior and added the balcony that bears his name. Purists decried it. Now it’s a hallmark,” the board added.
“The modern East Wing wasn’t even built until World War II to cover up an underground bunker. Harry S. Truman gutted the White House interior and added the balcony that bears his name. Purists decried it. Now it’s a hallmark.”
HAS HELL FROZEN OVER?? The Washington Post Has Sided with President TRUMP! That Big Beautiful Ballroom Will be A Lasting Memory of 47 – That’s What the Leftist Dems Hate About It https://t.co/D3lVZSSnHS
— Mike Burton (@MikeGBurton) October 26, 2025
“The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification,” the piece concluded. “In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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