Fact Check: Did Trump promise to build another ballroom if Republicans won the midterms?
WASHINGTON, DC: A social media post claims that President Donald Trump’s administration has promised to build a second ballroom if Republicans win the upcoming election. The claim has sparked speculation, calling for a fact-check.
Claim: Trump administration promised another White House ballroom
According to the viral post on X, the Trump administration has promised to build a second ballroom if it is given another chance in the upcoming November election.
The post has been shared and amplified by several accounts and has garnered tens of thousands of views as of this writing.
The claim drew mostly criticism from online users, with many condemning the administration for the alleged announcement over the already controversial White House Ballroom project, indicating that many believe the claim to be true.
Meanwhile, a few others questioned the authenticity of the claim and called for verification.
Fact Check: The claim originated as satire
The claim, however, is false, as there is no evidence of the administration vowing to build a second ballroom if they won the midterms.
There are no new announcements, official statements, press releases, or transcripts from the White House or the president that support the viral rumor.
If the administration has really made such an announcement, prominent news media outlets would have widely reported it, making headlines, but a search on Google for the claim yielded no such media reports.
Moreover, the claim originated from an X account called ‘The Babylon Bibi,’ which describes itself in the bio as ‘satire.’
Donald Trump's promise and JD Vance's appeal ahead of midterms
The claim resembles Trump’s promise of $5000 to every adult American if the GOP won the elections, and Vice President JD Vance’s appeal to voters to give Republicans ‘another chance.’
"Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our tremendous economic success, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000," Trump said.
“There’s a lot of good that’s been done, but there’s a lot of work left to do,” Vance insisted. “Don’t give power to the people who cause the problems that we’re fixing.
“Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years, to continue to work on the amazing things that we’ve been doing for the past two years,” he pleaded.
