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Federal appeals court judges who ordered Donald Trump to halt construction of his beloved ballroom trolled the president with a history lesson in their scathing judgment.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump Melts Down Over Ballroom Humiliation<\/a><\/p>\n

They cast Trump as a mere \u201ctenant\u201d of the \u201cpeople\u2019s house,\u201d compared his gaudy vision with the Palace of Versailles, and insisted he had no authority to go ahead with the $400 million ballroom.<\/p>\n

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Even when the British tried to burn down the White House in 1812 during the War of Independence, it still required an act of Congress to repair and renovate the building, they wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The appeals court ruled in a 2-1 decision to back historic preservationists who have branded the 90,000-square-foot project a blight on the famed Washington landscape.<\/p>\n

Trump immediately blasted the decision as unjust and said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

However, Judge Patricia Millett, who was appointed by Barack Obama, and Judge Bradley Garcia, a Joe Biden appointee, insisted that history was on their side.<\/p>\n

In their opinion, they cited Pierre L\u2019Enfant, the founding architect of the nation\u2019s capital city layout, and his intention to \u201cfocus on the towering Capitol building\u2014the gleaming palace of the people in the new democracy\u2014and to contrast it with the simple humility of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quoting Scott W. Berg\u2019s 2008 biography, Grand Avenues:<\/i> The Story of Charles L\u2019Enfant<\/i>, they wrote of the enduring difference between the grandeur of Versailles and the Frenchman\u2019s modest blueprint for the White House. \u201cWhere the king\u2019s bedroom was placed on the central axis of Versailles, enshrining the rule of divine right transferred via primogeniture, here in L\u2019Enfant\u2019s plan the home of Congress took center stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an apparent rap across the knuckles to Trump, the court continued: \u201cEach President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House and its Executive Residence. The President has no\u2014and claims no\u2014constitutionally assigned authority over that property, which is designed and maintained for the use of all Presidents, current and future, and for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

A central tenet of the decision was the judges\u2019 determination that it should be Congress, and not the president, who funds any renovations to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout history,\u201d they wrote, \u201cCongress has appropriated funds both for the White House\u2019s maintenance and for necessary physical improvements and additions. Congress, for example, authorized the repair and reconstruction of the White House after the British attempted to burn it down during the War of 1812. <\/p>\n

\u201cCongress also specifically appropriated the funds that were used to build the original East and West Wings of the White House. We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judges\u2019 annoyance at the way Trump knocked down the East Wing without seeking permission is palpable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver just three days in October 2025, without undertaking promised consultations or obtaining Congress\u2019s permission, President Trump bulldozed the entire East Wing in order to construct a massive, 90,000 square-foot ballroom paid for by private funds with no congressional oversight,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

They added that the administration had initially insisted that the ballroom project and the underground security bunker were separate projects, before changing the approach and insisting they came as a package deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court first pointed out that, through all previous stages of the litigation, the Defendants had repeatedly represented that the project\u2019s \u2018underground elements\u2019\u2014not anything above ground\u2014impacted national security … and that construction of the security bunker below ground and the ballroom above were \u2018independent\u2019 of each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther, the Defendants had assured the district court in January that the project\u2019s below-ground elements do not \u2018lock in\u2019 the design of the above-ground ballroom.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe district court found that the Defendants\u2019 current claim that the ballroom and below-ground bunker construction have been an inseparable and integral whole all along is \u2018in direct conflict with Defendants\u2019 prior representations\u2019 to the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judges also hit back at claims by Trump\u2019s lawyers that people who didn\u2019t like the aesthetics of the ballroom could simply \u201cavert their gaze.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judges said that theory \u201cwould deem no one injured by a decision to raze the Statue of Liberty, to obscure the names on the Vietnam War Memorial, or to install a political billboard atop Mount Rushmore. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople wounded by the lost historical view could just \u2018shift [their] gaze.\u2019 Yet the harm would remain from being unable to look upon, learn from, or commune in a location where, for example, a personal hero was born, an ancestor first arrived in the United States, a relative died on September 11th, or the battle for the individual\u2019s equal rights and dignity first started. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Defendants\u2019 argument, in other words, simply brushes off the signification, emotion, meaning, and particularized value to individuals of witnessing certain places where their history happened, looking upon architectural marvels, reveling in sweeping landscapes, and viewing buildings, memorials, and monuments that tell the American story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dissenting judge, Trump-nominated Judge Neomi Rao, argued that, \u201cthis case is not about tearing down the White House and building a skyscraper or razing the Statue of Liberty. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe equitable balance is between the asserted aesthetic harm to a single passerby and the safety and security of the President as well as his family, staff, and guests at the White House. In this case, the equities are squarely with the government, and therefore the district court abused its discretion in seizing control of construction at the President\u2019s home and office,\u201d the judge added.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump, 80, Shows Off His Mystery New Hair After Day Without<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal appeals court judges who ordered Donald Trump to halt construction of his beloved ballroom trolled the president with a history lesson in their scathing judgment. 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