"The ballroom, I don't give a s**t, Maher told Bill O'Reilly and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) on Friday's Real Time. I was reading it shows you how the media is. Everything is always on one side or the other. When [Trump] first mentioned it, it was all about, 'Oh, my God, he's desecrating the White House.' Then I finally read, 'Oh, well, they've done s**t to the White House before.'"
"Trump's $300 million ballroom is being completely privately funded, according to the White House. The president called it reports he wants to name it after himself fake news while speaking to reporters last month. Well, we've raised a lot. We've raised over $350 million. It's a beautiful room, a big room. I don't have any plan to call it after myself, that was fake news, he said. Probably gonna call it the Presidential Ballroom or something like that."
Bill Maher dismissed outrage over President Donald Trump's construction of a privately funded $300 million ballroom at the White House, calling the controversy overblown and insisting the building is "just a building." Maher argued media coverage swung between alarm and dismissiveness and said the White House lacked a proper indoor venue for state dinners, noting events were being held in tents. Maher previously suggested the ballroom could signal that Trump may not intend to leave the White House after his second term. The White House says the ballroom is privately funded and Trump denied plans to name it after himself.
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