Leavitt Melts Down as Trump’s Ballroom Design Flaws Exposed
March 29, 2026
The Daily Beast
Kevin Lamarque/REUTERSKaroline Leavitt threw a fit after architects exposed glaring design flaws in President Donald Trump’s ballroom vanity project.The president’s 400 million White House ballroom was scrutinized by a trained architect, a fine arts expert, and an urban planning writer in The New York Times on Sunday. The authors warned that the 90,000-square-foot ballroom has “fake windows on the north side,” columns that “block interior ballroom view,” and an “unnecessarily big” rooftop area.
They also noted that “its stairs lead nowhere,” as several of the staircases from the ground appear not to be connected to a way into the ballroom.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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