President Trump replied to former first lady Michelle Obama’s criticism of his White House renovation plans in an interview with Laura Ingraham, boasting that the latest ballroom replacing the East Wing would be one of the greatest in the world.
‘The East Wing is being spent by private donors. It’s worth a staggering $300M, it’s going to be the most beautiful anywhere in the world’- she continued.
‘They had an event the other day, and with tables, it would host nearly 79 people.
Now, if the Chinese president arrives with his delegation or there is some big state event, we have no place to hold it! You know what they did? They will be putting a tent out on the lawn. It was a low section because that’s the only section that you have.
If it rains, you are sitting in six inches of water. It’s an absolute disaster!’- she added.
Trump’s remarks came in reply to Ingraham’s query about the former First Lady’s recent remarks criticizing his East Wing demolition to embark upon the project.
This has drawn massive ire from a swath of Democratic critics, including Rep Swalwell, House Minority Leader, and the former White House press secretary, among so many more.