Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom

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Source: Washington Post

Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom

The White House is seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s controversial ballroom and other projects.

January 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ESTToday at 5:00 a.m. EST
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President Donald Trump holds up a model of an arch while delivering remarks during a ballroom fundraising dinner on Oct. 15. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

By Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards

The White House is moving to install Trump-aligned appointees to a commission charged by Congress with reviewing Washington’s public art and national memorials, seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s controversial ballroom and other projects.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/01/trump-fine-arts-appointees/

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[riversedge]

1. Whow. Things get worse as each day passes in D.C. with Trump at the helm. Serious!!

[Srkdqltr]

2. So he took down part of the White House for the ball room , for which he has no plans . now a monument for which he has

no plan. Sounds like a trump thing

[murielm99]

3. Well, he seems to have

concepts of a plan!

[CurtEastPoint]

4. ... in two weeks....

[snot]

12. He knew that if he waited to start demolition until the plans were finalized,

someone might have gotten organized to stop him.

(It's consistent with the "move fast and break things" approach.)

Destruction is easy; authentic creation is hard.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. If the tactic is good enough for Repug health care, it's good enough for a dance hall.

[travelingthrulife]

5. So we are just going to let this madman ruin everything.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. Looks like it.

[BradBo]

7. Maybe we can keep the idiot distracted.

Maybe it will listen the damage he’s doing to America.The ugly Trunp arch can always be torn down.

[GP6971]

8. Trump calls it a ballroom, but in reality it will be his palace.

[Srkdqltr]

15. One of my older quilting ladies wondered why he needed ball room when he doesn't have any?

[GP6971]

16. LOL!!!

[Hope22]

9. He rarely builds anything of value.

His forte is destruction and torture. Most important is the giant grifts along the way.

[Bayard]

10. How much is he paying them?

[Brother Buzz]

14. How much are the rubber stamps gonna cost him?

[snot]

11. UGGHHH!!!

The whole enterprise is just... vulger.

We've fallen back into the era of pharoahs.

[Javaman]

17. He can't find an architect to do the work

There have been no environmental studies and no geo studies.

Any architect worth their license wouldn’t touch this shit will a 10 foot pole.

Ground that was once marsh and located so close to major water ways, desperately needs a geo study. You are asking for lawsuits without one.

I’m not an architect but I have worked in the field for the past 28 years. I have learned a few things along the way.

I said it before and I will say it again, this pile of shit throne room will never get built