I can’t believe I nearly overlooked this headline in last week’s online news:

“Trump Wants Everyone To Know He’s Building A Big, Beautiful Ballroom“

At first I thought, “Well, so what? He must have ballrooms at Mar-a-Lago and other of his properties. What’s one more?”

And then I saw that this one isn’t personal; it’s going to be built in the White House. The White House in Washington that is owned — not by Donald or any member of the Trump family — but by the people of the United States of America . . . built, maintained and supported by taxpayer money.

That White House.

And I had to wonder — in this era of professed government “austerity” (i.e., the wholesale elimination of jobs and life-saving programs) — how this could be possible. But when I read his justification, it made complete sense. See if you agree:

“Just inspected the site of the new Ballroom that will be built, compliments of a man known as Donald J. Trump, at the White House. For 150 years, Presidents, and many others, have wanted a beautiful Ballroom, but it never got built because nobody previously had any knowledge or experience in doing such things — But I do, like maybe nobody else.

“These are the ‘fun’ projects I do while thinking about the World Economy, the United States, China, Russia, and lots of other Countries, places, and events.” [Lydia O’Connor, Huffpost, June 6, 2025.]

You get it now, don’t you? It’s all about the “fun” part of being President. Not greed, or an ego the size of Asia, or a neurotic need to believe he’s bigger and smarter and better than anyone else ever has been in the entire history of the world . . . or, in his own words, “like maybe nobody else.”

Of course, he’s entitled to a little fun: a $40 million parade that just happens to fall on his birthday . . . or spending nearly every weekend golfing at Mar-a-Lago or one of his other resorts . . . or sending out the Marines to inflame an already largely contained, relatively minor situation in Los Angeles.

Just as long as he continues “thinking about the World Economy, the United States, China, Russia, and lots of other Countries, places, and events,” he’ll be doing his job and we can all sleep soundly.

Though I do hope all that “thinking” doesn’t spoil his fun . . . don’t you?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/14/25