President Donald Trump is set to have his very own White House-style ballroom, but it might be located nearly 1,000 miles from Washington, D.C.
In a conversation with reporters on Monday, Eric Trump revealed to the Daily Mail that the upcoming Trump presidential library in Miami will feature a replica of the iconic ballroom, complete with other impressive features.
Eric, accompanied by his wife Lara and their children Luke, 8, and Carolina, 6, participated in the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn that same morning.
“We’re building a large replica of the ballroom,” Eric shared, noting, “It will have the exact details as the original.”
Eric spoke to the media against the backdrop of towering cranes at the construction site, where the ballroom project currently faces legal challenges.
Recently, President Trump released a promotional video offering a glimpse into the vision for his presidential library, showcasing the ballroom and an impressive 747 Air Force One positioned in the lobby of the tower.
The library is expected to be built on a plot of land in downtown Miami, and be a skyscraper, the first of its kind.
‘It’s going to be a great statement,’ Eric said. ‘It’s gonna be the tallest building in Miami – by far the best location. That piece of land is incredible. It’s going to be fun.’
Eric Trump (center right) spoke to reporters Monday at the White House Easter Egg Roll about the future Trump presidential library, telling the Daily Mail that there would indeed be a replica of the White House ballroom in the Miami skyscraper that’s being planned
President Donald Trump and Eric Trump shared an AI-generated video last Monday that appeared to show a space that resembled the President’s White House ballroom, which hit a legal snafu in court last week
Trump’s second-born son said the library would include a recreation of the gilded Oval Office and the West Colonnade – dubbed the ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ – where the President has hung portraits of his predecessors, among them one signed by autopen.
Eric, who took over management of the Trump Organization alongside his older brother Donald Trump Jr., is overseeing the project.
‘It’s amazing when you can bring your two worlds together,’ he said. ‘We do the high-rise game better than anyone in history. That’s what he’s always known for. We talked about the library and I said, “Listen, I want to take it on.”‘
He pledged the library will be delivered on time, under budget and better-looking than Barack Obama’s avant-garde structure, due to open soon in Chicago.
‘This could be very different from Obama’s – neither on time nor on budget. And it’s horribly ugly. It literally looks like a prison,’ Eric scoffed. ‘This is not going to win architectural awards, that much I can tell you.’
An Obama spokesperson did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail’s request for comment.
The library will also feature a gold escalator – a nod to the one Trump famously rode down when he launched his presidential campaign in June 2015 – and, according to an AI-generated video shared by Eric and his father last week, a large gold statue in the auditorium.
‘His entire legacy was some of the sexiest buildings anywhere on Earth,’ Eric said.
Eric Trump (right) joined his father President Donald Trump (left) and First Lady Melania Trump (center) at Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll, where he spoke to reporters about the future Trump presidential library, a project he’s been put in charge of
President Donald Trump’s presidential library will be constructed in downtown Miami. The AI-video showed the future library as a gilded skyscraper
President Donald Trump’s future presidential library is expected to house the Air Force One that is being built using a 747 that belonged to the Qatari royal family
A gold statue of President Donald Trump can be seen from an auditorium space in the future Trump presidential library in downtown Miami, Florida, according to an AI-generated video shared last week
The Trump presidential library will be the first of its kind – a skyscraper – with Eric Trump saying Monday that his father’s ‘entire legacy was some of the sexiest buildings anywhere on Earth. The AI-generated video showed a rooftop event space overlooking the water
He called it ‘hugely ironic’ that the skyscraper would rise in Florida rather than the President’s native New York – a state Trump made his legal home during his first term, relocating to Mar-a-Lago as its political climate better matched his own.
‘Ten years ago, I would have said we’d be building on Fifth Avenue,’ Eric said.
Last week a federal judge ordered the White House ballroom project to be stopped, except for construction needed for national security matters, as a National Trust For Historic Preservation lawsuit makes its way through court.
The Trump administration has already appealed and another emergency motion was filed on Friday arguing that construction must continue citing national security concerns.
At the same time, the National Capital Planning Commission, an oversight body filled with Trump appointees, approved the ballroom project in its current iteration on Thursday.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is arguing that the ballroom project must be approved by Congress before it can proceed.
