Trump’s dream of building a dance hall in the White House has become a reality

The offers were completed, architects and contractors were appointed. After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is Building a dance hall in the White House. According to To the White HouseWork will start in September, at a price of $ 200 million.

"President Trump is a heart originator and has an extraordinary eye for details," White House Chief of Staff, Suzy Wales, said in a statement on Thursday. "The President and White House Trump is completely committed to working with the appropriate organizations to maintain the private date of the White House while building a beautiful dance hall that future departments and generations of Americans can enjoy."

The largest space for the White House is now the eastern room, which can accommodate about 200 for dinner. Therefore, for decades, when the White House needs a greater ability to dinner in the state or another major event, they will take it in the open air, and they usually put large luxurious tents, complete with floors and chandeliers.

Once you are completed, the White House says the new celebration hall will take 650 guests.

"The White House hall in the White House will be a very required and expected addition of about 90,000 square feet of the carefully designed and designed area." According to a statement read by the secretary, journalist Caroline Levitte. She said that the cost will be led by Trump himself as well as "Other national donors." Levitte said that the construction will end "A long time ago" The end of the term Trump.

It will be present as the eastern wing of the White House is currently sitting, and removes offices. This space has been renewed several times over the years, according to the White House statement.

For Trump, this is the culmination of the long pursuit of the problem of the state dinner that is held in the tents, which he considers ugly and at exaggerated prices. In 2010, David Axelrod, Advisor to President Barack Obama at the time, invited to provide his services to build a dance hall.

"”You know, you have this state dinner and you have these small tents,” " Remember Axelrod Trump tells him. "He said, “You know, I build a celebration halls. I build the greatest celebration halls and you can go to Florida to see it. "

Axelrod handed the stadium to another person, he did not follow. It is something he says regret, not because he thought the celebration hall was a good idea.

"A tent never bother me," Axler said.

But Trump did not forget the slight. Earlier this year, I spoke to a group of mathematics in the Eastern Chamber, Trump highlights the lack of more space.

"This was the reception room. I would have built a beautiful and beautiful dance hall as I have Mar-A-Lagand" Trump said. "It cost about $ 100 million. I offered to do so, and I never heard."

At the end of last week, where Trump was preparing for a retail The final details of a commercial deal With European Council President Ursula von der Layen at the turnberry golf stadium in Scotland, he took a distortion to boast about the cave room that was sitting.

"As you know, we have built this hall, and we are building a great celebration hall at the White House," Trump said.

Trump told her that he is uniquely qualified to bring a dance hall to 1600 Pennsylvania Street.

"No chief knew how to build a dance hall," Trump said from Lin. "I can take this, drop it there, and it will be beautiful."

It turned out that Trump was already on his way to implement in a different celebration hall in the people’s house. The White House says that in recent weeks, Trump has held several meetings with White House employees, the National Park Service service, the White House Military Office and the American Secret Service to discuss design and other planning details. On Thursday afternoon, the correspondents told the dance hall is "Wonderful legacy project."

This is just an example of Trump’s efforts to put a permanent character on the White House. Trump has already made the Oval Office More goldenThe new medals added to the lighting fixtures in the Cabinet Chamber, and put paving stones around the place where the grass was in the garden of roses and set up the giant new flag in the northern and southern meadows.

The Rose Garden project is going with a rapid pace in early August. Confidence in the National Commercial Center raises special donations to cover the cost of the project.

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