President Donald Trump shared an update about the ongoing construction of the grand ballroom at the White House, while sporting a new lapel pin on his jacket next to an American flag pin.
Speaking to oil executives around a table in the East Room on Friday, Trump couldn’t deny the builder in him when he stood up, and walked over to take a peek at the current renovations at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. He wanted to see how construction was going on the highly anticipated ballroom.
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President @realDonaldTrump takes a peek at the new ballroom construction 🤣 pic.twitter.com/tnf50uqMFR
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) January 9, 2026
“I got to look at this myself,” Trump said, before he got up to look out the glass windows to admire the work. "Wow, what a view. This is the door to the ballroom. Unusual time to look, but I figured we might as well."
“If the fake news would like to go back and take a look, you can,” he added. “But you see a very big foundation. We are ahead of schedule at the moment and under budget."
After the meeting, Trump gave an impromptu press conference and took on a host of questions from members of the White House Press Corps.
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During that time, Fox News’ Peter Doocy took the opportunity to inquire about the new lapel pin the president was sporting on his jacket next to the flag one.
.@POTUS: "Somebody gave me this. You know what that is? That's called a 'Happy Trump' — and considering the fact that I'm never happy... I'm never satisfied — I will never be satisfied until we Make America Great Again!" 🤣 https://t.co/0EOARWhXTJ pic.twitter.com/6fRpflGj4I
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 9, 2026
Trump explained it’s called a “happy Trump.” Yes, really.
"Somebody gave me this. You know what that is? That's called a 'Happy Trump,’” the president explained. “And considering the fact that I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied. I will never be satisfied until we Make America Great Again!"
“But we’re getting pretty close, I’ll tell you what, ” he added. “This is called a 'Happy Trump.’ Somebody gave it to me. I put it on.”
A connected post (see above) on X gave a great close-up of President Trump’s new accessory, which appears to be an image of Trump himself.
Back in July, Trump first sent the legacy media and leftist politicians into a tizzy when he said it was high time the White House had a ballroom that replicated those in Europe, RedState reported.
"In the White House, as you know, for 150 years, they've wanted to have a ballroom. They don't have a ballroom," Trump explained. "They have meeting rooms. They have those beautiful, you've seen, you've interviewed me in those rooms. But they have beautiful meeting rooms."
"But they've never had a ballroom," he added. "A ballroom, meaning someplace you can sit 6 or 700 people if the President of China or France, or the U.K., or [EU President] Ursula von der Leyen comes to town, you give them a big state dinner. We don't have a room like that. At the White House, they have to use a tent."
Trump said when it rains it's a mess, and he vowed that if he won a second time, he’d build one to solve that problem.
BREAKING: @PressSec announces the construction of a new 90,000 sq ft ballroom at the White House — with construction to begin in September.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 31, 2025
Visit https://t.co/Nq7Vqlw3HO for more. pic.twitter.com/XadWWxOGON
Construction got underway in September on the estimated 90,000-square-foot ballroom, with President Trump explaining that the entire $200 million project was being paid for by himself and private donors.
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