Trump renews pledge to build yuuuuge White House ballroom - and pay for it himself?

Never let it be said that would-be President Donald Trump isn't focused on the "big problems." He's heard the wishes of the American people, and he's aware of our priorities. He wants Mexico to build a wall, he wants to decimate ISIS, and he wants to build a glorious ballroom at the White House. Wait, what? Yes, according to an "Iowa-eve" speech, Trump is sick of the deplorable conditions being endured by foreign dignitaries. His plan, is to provide the nation with a yuuuge, classy, ballroom so they're no longer sitting in wedding tents.

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As Time Magazine reports:

“Every time the top people come over from China … they put up a tent at the White House,” he said, during his final event Sunday in Sioux City, Iowa. “We’ll have a ballroom at the White House.” He said he had long ago come up with a plan for the new facility. “We’ll get the top people, the top everything, we’ll have the best ballroom. Because I notice they always put tents up on the lawn. Number one, it’s not a good security thing. Number two, the guy that owns the tents is making a fortune,” he said.

Yes, Trump is slaying the government's wasteful tent rental problem. The interesting thing is that this isn't the first time he's put forth such a plan. Apparently, he called David Axelrod at some point and offered to build the ballroom - free of charge.

Trump said he once called David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Obama, offering to build a ballroom worth “at least $100 million” for free. “We’ll put it someplace so it works contextually, magnificently,” Trump said of his construction offer. “I never heard back.” Contacted by TIME Sunday night, Axelrod confirmed that Trump had contacted the White House about a ballroom. “He did offer to build one,” Axelrod confirmed to TIME in an email. “I don’t recall him saying he would pay for it. I passed his offer along to the social secretary.”

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Liberals, most of whom live a sarcasm based life, think this is hilarious. Guess what. I'm as conservative as the day is long. I love small government, I think the federal machine should be as small as possible, and I really don't give a rat's rear what tent-based horrors the fascist scumbags running China have to endure. But.... I also think that the greatest nation on Earth should put its best foot forward. Because progressives start carping the second you spend a dime on anything that isn't one of their coveted (and usually worthless) social programs, pomp and circumstance has become something of a lost art. Most media outlets are mocking the ballroom idea because, if the socialists on the left had their way, we'd all be wearing our grey jumpsuits as we went to toil in the underground - yet environmentally friendly - city from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Is this a pressing matter? No. Obviously not. And I don't want to see some gold-leaf nightmare on the White House lawn (which admittedly is a concern here) but if The Donald wants to show off a little, and move away from strictly utilitarian construction, that's great news. Bring on Trump's ballroom - especially if he's going to pay for it himself.

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