Americans largely oppose Trump tearing
down White House East Wing to make way
for his ballroom: Poll
ABC News,
by
Emily Guskin
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
10/31/2025 8:14:41 AM
Most Americans oppose the demolition of the White House's East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump's ballroom, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.
A 56% majority of Americans oppose the Trump administration tearing down the East Wing of the White House as part of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom paid for by $300 million in private donations, including 45% who "strongly" oppose it, the poll finds. (Snip) Just 28% of Americans support it, with 15% strongly supporting the East Wing being torn down for a ballroom, the poll found. Another 16% say they are not sure.
Support breaks down by party lines,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
cor-vet 10/31/2025 8:22:13 AM (No. 2023986)
Are they tearing down the East Wing or are they just tearing down the pass thru portico attached to the East Wing? It's not tax payer funded so it's not costing me anything. Tearing down historical statues country wide was more upsetting to me, as they represented the countries history.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
anniebc 10/31/2025 8:22:26 AM (No. 2023987)
Lies! I imagine most people are indifferent and think, as long as it's not being done at taxpayer expense, who cares?
60 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
CivilServant 10/31/2025 8:27:05 AM (No. 2023991)
Yeaaaaah mannn is so much classier to wreck da joint for a basketball court like my man Obama did…..on the taxpayers dime.
Progressives delenda est.
64 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Namma 10/31/2025 8:32:59 AM (No. 2023995)
I dont believe that most Americans object. That is the media trying to turn people away from Trump. I hate using ports potties. Ya think we should have a bunch of those disgusting things out side a tent for people to use at a state dinner. It’s a stupid disagreement. Build it. If you object, refuse the invite to one of the events being held in it. Especially if you’re a democrat.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 10/31/2025 8:32:59 AM (No. 2023996)
Too late!! However, they are only tearing down the east portico connecting the two buildings. It was built in 1942 and was loaded with asbestos, inefficient HVAC and bad electricals. It will be rebuilt to reconnect the ballroom to the White House but will also be brought up to code at the same time.
Some people are just too stupid or lazy to look at an architectural model before panicking or spewing their TDS-fueled hatred!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
franq 10/31/2025 8:36:02 AM (No. 2023997)
ABC News? Move along, nothing to see here.
62 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
philsner 10/31/2025 8:36:23 AM (No. 2023998)
Fake news.
54 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
padiva 10/31/2025 8:44:18 AM (No. 2024002)
Do you think that is what people said when indoor restrooms were being put in public buildings many years ago?
26 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 10/31/2025 8:55:29 AM (No. 2024007)
Why do we care about this? ABC did this poll just for the sake of making news.
26 people like this.
ABC's agenda is Orange Man Bad.
39 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/31/2025 9:40:06 AM (No. 2024033)
I think 75% of Americans don't know anything about it. Taking a small sample, and hiding the fact it cannot be accurately projected on the entirety of the American population by using a category of no opinion, is a statistical farce of sampling, and a poll that should be thrown in the trashcan.
22 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
red1066 10/31/2025 9:50:02 AM (No. 2024043)
They oppose Trump's plan for the East Wing because they are lied to by the media, and since this is a media generated poll, the result is a lie as well.
30 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Venturer 10/31/2025 9:51:46 AM (No. 2024048)
The media printing BS again. Most Americans don't really give a good damn.
19 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kate318 10/31/2025 9:54:41 AM (No. 2024055)
LOL!! Bless their hearts. They just keep trying, don’t they? Would love to see the internals on that one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40 10/31/2025 9:56:40 AM (No. 2024056)
I seriously doubt that a majority of these respondents know that no taxpayer funds are involved. I bet these 'pollsters' never bothered to tell them.
20 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zbogwan2 10/31/2025 10:06:16 AM (No. 2024066)
Most of those that object to POTUS Trumps Beatification of the White House by adding a Glorious Ball Room are fools.... same isn't costing Tax Payers (which most of the nay sayers are not) a dime, so who really cares what our President is doing to Make America Great Again with his Glorious Addition to the WH.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Encore 10/31/2025 10:08:00 AM (No. 2024068)
Sorry, I call BS. A handful of deranged, TDS stricken losers with nothing better to do than meddle, are being spoon fed loads of crap. Most people are totally unaffected and don’t really care. How is this renovation an actual problem…for anybody?
13 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
kdog 10/31/2025 10:08:25 AM (No. 2024069)
The sampling states differently, but FTA "62% majority of Republicans in support and 88% of Democrats opposed". How much did they have to oversample Democrats and left leaning "Independents" to get their desired numbers?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
marbles 10/31/2025 10:09:16 AM (No. 2024071)
Today on msnbc Joe Scarborough referred to the "The Marie Antoinette Ballroom", I suppose to make some " let them eat cake " comparison while there's a government shutdown .
10 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
janjan 10/31/2025 10:21:54 AM (No. 2024078)
The ABC news team polled each other.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
paral04 10/31/2025 10:30:16 AM (No. 2024082)
Too late now. Anyway it isn't exactly the East Wing was a historical edifice. It was built in 1902. And our President whoever it is needs to be able to entertain foreign dignitaries inside a building not under a tent outside. Let's be grateful we can do that and it is FREE .
17 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 10/31/2025 10:48:27 AM (No. 2024099)
The influencers (manipulators) are at it again. Turn the Senate Building into a ballroom instead!
8 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bighambone 10/31/2025 10:52:36 AM (No. 2024104)
When a politically purposeful adversely written poll is presented to Americans, what result would you expect? In reality It is not Trump’s ball room, it is a needed future White House ballroom (facility) being erected at no expense to US taxpayers.
8 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/31/2025 10:56:51 AM (No. 2024108)
People should read more honest sources of the 'news'. The East wing is not only a much later addition to the White House, it is also, and more importantly, decrepit and inadequate needing extensive repair - as it was. You'd think Trump was going to erect a lighted billboard of his face.
8 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/31/2025 11:03:29 AM (No. 2024112)
Screw you alphabet network liars. Most Americans could give a flying cowpie what Trump does with the East Wing, especially since it is costing us nothing.
7 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
edgar 10/31/2025 11:06:04 AM (No. 2024114)
I would bet the survey provided the estimated cost of the project without mentioning it was privately funded. Just a hunch.
11 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
dwa 10/31/2025 11:31:42 AM (No. 2024135)
ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll -- all you need to know about the validity of this "non" poll
7 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
kono 10/31/2025 12:08:30 PM (No. 2024153)
Most of those who answered that way didn't know the East Wing was already a separate building and picture the demolition removing part of what's pictured on the back of the Twenty.
5 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
DVC 10/31/2025 12:30:01 PM (No. 2024167)
It's ABC news.....means nothing at all.
And....the 1950 East Wing is gone, will be replaced by the 2025 State Dining Center and Ballroom.
4 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
varkdriver 10/31/2025 12:41:11 PM (No. 2024177)
ABC = Always Be Critical [of The Donald]
I'd like for Jerrold Nadler's office to be torn down and turned into a dung storage facility. It's bound to smell a lot better than it currently does...
2 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/31/2025 1:17:33 PM (No. 2024189)
More information is being presented on these posts than the MSM has presented to the public across their public airwaves.
Wonder why?
Bet none of those questioned were told Trump offered to build it when Obama was in office or that the section they had to remove was not up to code so needed to be fixed regardless.
Trump needs to have some urgency on this project to ensure it's done quickly.
5 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
paral04 10/31/2025 1:28:32 PM (No. 2024199)
Too late now. The building is gone. These people need to worry about why the democrats want to shut down the country.
4 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
Peregrine 10/31/2025 1:36:00 PM (No. 2024201)
The White House Ballroom will be completed long before Obama's ugly library.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/31/2025 2:56:05 PM (No. 2024230)
in 1942, FDR expanded the east wing and used it as cover for an underground WH shelter during WW II. Hardly historical.
4 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
tootall 10/31/2025 3:08:55 PM (No. 2024232)
what did it cost every time they put up the tents? Rented? PortaPotties are not very dignified. That's just a start.
5 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
Catherine 10/31/2025 3:31:05 PM (No. 2024241)
Bet these are the same people who said Harris was going to win.
4 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
LittleRedHen1 10/31/2025 4:20:07 PM (No. 2024252)
The poll is accurate due to public ignorance because the media lies and misleads. Keep the analysis simple. Nothing says we are the world’s #1 superpower, like requiring high ranking guests to formal galas at the White House to use a modern outhouse rather than indoor plumbing.
4 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
paral04 10/31/2025 6:21:08 PM (No. 2024296)
Wait until the next Democrat gets into the White House and throws lavish parties for his donors in the new ballroom. All will be forgotten.
3 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
SALady 11/1/2025 2:46:43 AM (No. 2024397)
Unless President Trump is doing something illegal -- which he is not -- he has every right to do this. Period!!!
And polls, especially biased ones, have no bearing on that fact at all!!!!
0 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
mifla 11/1/2025 7:03:13 AM (No. 2024431)
ABC must have polled the people in their break room downstairs.
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