Trump goes off the deep end after judge halts his ballroom pet project
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We're now in the fifth week of Donald Trump's War of Choice in Iran, and the White House just announced Trump will be addressing the nation tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern, as you just heard Chris mention. |
| 0:12.3 | And that is notable because the president's attention has been, well, how shall we say, drifting a little bit lately. |
| 0:20.0 | Just listen to him answering questions about the Iranian regime |
| 0:23.2 | Sunday night. It truly is regime change. And regime change is an imperative, but I think we have it |
| 0:33.0 | automatically. I did something today. We just got these in from the architects. A lot of people are talking about how beautiful the ballroom. For 150 years, they've wanted to build a |
| 0:47.2 | ballroom at the White House. That's right. Donald Trump is apparently so bored by the war he started. |
| 0:58.0 | He just couldn't resist the urge to show off the latest pictures of a shiny new ballroom. |
| 1:03.0 | So 50,000 troops are awaiting his orders in the Middle East, |
| 1:08.0 | but the commander-in-chief is fussing over the decorative columns |
| 1:12.4 | on his latest construction project. |
| 1:15.7 | That's where his head is at. |
| 1:17.7 | So it must have been, oh so devastating for Trump to learn today that his $400 million |
| 1:23.8 | pet project hit a bit of a snag. Today, a federal judge ordered construction on Trump's |
| 1:30.5 | ballroom to be halted within 14 days, saying it can only resume once Congress authorizes Trump's |
| 1:37.7 | planned renovation. And Judge Richard Leon, who was appointed to the bench by George W. Bush, |
| 1:43.6 | pulled no punches in his ruling. |
| 1:45.8 | He wrote, quote, the president of the United States is the steward of the White House for future |
| 1:50.4 | generations of first families. He is not, however, the owner. The White House does not belong to |
| 1:57.6 | any one man, not even a president. |
| 2:00.9 | Less than until Congress blesses this project |
| 2:03.6 | through statutory authorization, |
| 2:06.1 | construction has to stop. |
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