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Another day, another unhinged Democrat meltdown over President Trump’s latest White House upgrade — this time, a grand ballroom that has the left seeing red, gold, and pure rage.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA, fired off a frantic demand on X Saturday night, insisting no 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful dare run without vowing to obliterate the project.
"Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE," he wrote.
Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) October 26, 2025
Trump backers are branding the freakout "BDS," Ballroom Derangement Syndrome, a fresh twist on the old Trump Derangement Syndrome label that’s stuck since 2017.
Swalwell joins a chorus of Democrats losing their minds over the 90,000-square-foot classical addition, privately funded at $250–300 million, set to seat 650 for state dinners.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, hyperventilated to MSNBC, warning the East Wing tweak was "taking a wrecking ball to our democracy."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, sneered to reporters the space would let the 47th president be "celebrated as if he was a king."
Hillary Clinton admitted she’s milking the controversy to "help Democrats fundraise off the project."
The poster child for white privilege, nepo-baby Chelsea Clinton is upset that Trump is building a ballroom. She is not however upset that her father desecrated the White House, or that her mother attempted to steal thousands of dollars of property from the American taxpayers. https://t.co/nix40XLSl3
— Christy ÓCatháin - 𝓘𝓸𝔀𝓪 Girl in Georgia (@cdokane) October 24, 2025
Chelsea Clinton wailed that Trump was "demeaning" the White House, ignoring her father’s Oval Office trysts with intern Monica Lewinsky.
Lol, your parents tried stealing furniture and silverware from the White House… and let’s not talk about the intern. Sit this one out. https://t.co/c7wFVkLXTs
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 24, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unveiled the plan in July, stressing it honors the mansion’s classical lines.
She torched the "fake outrage," noting "nearly every single president who has lived in this beautiful White House behind me has made modernizations and renovations of their own."
Under Obama, state dinners crammed guests into South Lawn tents with porta-potties.
Satellite images show President Trump's project to build a grand ballroom has appeared to take down at least six trees on the White House grounds — including two historic magnolia trees commemorating Presidents Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://t.co/E9Epovw4wI pic.twitter.com/DNEubFKMzN
— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2025
From wrecking-ball fantasies to royal delusions, the left’s BDS epidemic proves one thing: Trump still rents the prime real estate in their heads—rent-free, forever.

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