Karoline Leavitt: Trump Ballroom Is Getting ‘Fake Outrage,’ Administrations Have Spoken About Need for a Larger Event Space

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LEAVITT: "It certainly appears that way, Jesse. And I believe there’s a lot of fake outrage right now, because nearly every single president who has lived in this beautiful White House behind me has made modernizations and renovations of their own. In fact, presidents for decades in the modern time have quipped about how they wish they had a larger event space here at the White House that can hold hundreds more people than the current East Room and state dining rooms can. In fact, President Obama notably complained that during his tenure, he had to hold a state visit on the South Lawn and get a very expensive tent. If you talk to journalists who have covered the White House for decades, as I do here every single day, they will also tell you that administration after administration have publicly and privately spoken about the need for a larger event space. So while many presidents have privately dreamt about this, it’s President Trump who is actually doing something about it. He is the builder-in-chief.”