At the White House on Tuesday, Melania Trump became the unexpected focus of Donald Trump's latest renovation push when the US president told guests at the Shamrock Bowl that the first lady keeps asking the same four-word question about the noise from his planned ballroom, saying 'Will they ever stop?' The remark came during a St. Patrick's Day event meant to showcase Irish-American ties, but Trump used the opening of his speech to promote what he called a forthcoming addition to the presidential residence.
Trump has been promoting a new White House ballroom for months, and on Tuesday he again framed it as a long-overdue upgrade rather than a disruptive building site. Standing in the State Dining Room, he pointed guests towards a gold curtain and said a 'deep foundation' lay behind it, promising they would soon see what he described as one of the most beautiful ballrooms in the world.
