The architect hand-picked by President Donald Trump to design the White House ballroom has butted heads with him over the massive scale of the project, according to a new report.
James McCrery II, the founder of McCrery Architects, has pushed to reduce the size of the planned 90,000-square-foot event space, arguing it could overshadow the 55,000-square-foot White House, four people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.