Judge Issues Ruling On Construction of Ballroom At White House

Well, well, well — look who didn’t slap a restraining order on President Trump this time. Somebody alert the media (oh wait, they already did — begrudgingly). You know things are weird in D.C. when a federal judge doesn’t leap into action to block a Trump initiative. It’s like spotting a unicorn — or finding a balanced budget in California.

Let’s be clear: if you so much as sneeze near a MAGA hat in the Beltway, there’s a line of litigious activists ready to claim it’s a constitutional crisis. And this time, the horror — the horror — was that President Trump dared to break ground on a privately funded White House ballroom without filing every possible form in triplicate and holding a candlelight seance with the National Capital Planning Commission.

The activist group — the National Trust for Historic Preservation, if you’re trying to keep up with all the acronyms — allegedly claims that the administration skipped a few procedural steps, which in D.C. is about as shocking as discovering someone double-parked in Georgetown.

But U.S. District Judge Richard Leon (gasp! A Bush appointee not joining the Resistance?) actually said “not today,” denying the temporary restraining order and letting construction roll on. Yes, below-ground construction. Because nothing screams “irreparable harm” like some men in hard hats digging a hole near an old building. The pearl-clutching from the usual suspects was immediate — you’d think Trump had installed a Chick-fil-A on the South Lawn.

To make it even more satisfying, Trump critics are absolutely melting down over the price tag — $300 million — even though, let me say it again for the people in the back: it’s privately funded. As in, not one red cent from taxpayers. Not like, oh, I don’t know, the billions in federal cash that somehow evaporated into the Minnesota ether under Gov. Tim Walz’s watch while fake food programs allegedly handed out money like Halloween candy. But sure, let’s obsess over a ballroom.

The left is fuming:

Judge allows Trump White House ballroom work to go forward–but WH must submit plans for review in 2 weeks
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Idiotic and shameful: before I can renovate a kitchen–or even put up a fence, I need to pull permits that meet regulatory standards