Fetterman defends Trump's 'tasteful' $200M White House ballroom makeover amid Dem criticism

While immoderate Democrats person railed against President Donald Trump's $200 cardinal program to remodel the White House ballroom, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., defended the concern successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital. 

"The plans are going to beryllium done successful a tasteful and humanities benignant of way," Fetterman said. "They're not putting successful a Dave & Buster's benignant of concern here, truthful I deliberation upgrading immoderate of these facilities seems beauteous normal."

But Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., described Trump's latest endeavor arsenic thing but "normal."

"The task astatine the White House is simply a gigantic boondoggle," Blumenthal said. "The important question is not lone the harm that it could bash to the architecture of the White House, but besides what contributors would person implicit Trump if they are giving to this project."

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters past month that Trump and backstage donors volition money the estimated $200 cardinal outgo of the caller ballroom. 

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"Now, helium is gonna beryllium soliciting wealth from backstage contributors for this boondoggle, and the question is – what benignant of power and interaction volition those contributors have?" the Connecticut legislator questioned. 

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Democrats' disapproval is "not astonishing to anyone."

"That is the essence of their party," Cruz said. "They aftermath up animated by hatred for Trump and hatred for the American radical that voted for him."

The Texas legislator said helium is grateful for the "phenomenal project," and accused Democrats of hating thing Trump does. 

"A ballroom successful the White House volition beryllium utilized by presidents, some Republicans and Democrats, and it's being funded without a penny of payer money," Cruz said. 

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., however, acknowledged that the White House needs lawsuit space. 

Leavitt said the president is incapable to big large functions with satellite leaders without installing a "large and unsightly structure astir 100 yards distant from the main building's entrance."

But Coons said that helium doesn't "know whether helium really has the authorization to fundamentally change the signifier and standard of the White House without immoderate White House Historical Association oregon immoderate designer approving it."

"The past clip I checked there's thing successful the instrumentality that says that," Cruz fired back. 

Coons besides raised an contented with the project's timeline. Leavitt said the renovations volition statesman successful September and volition beryllium "completed agelong earlier the extremity of President Trump’s term." 

"My concern, fixed what I've heard truthful far, is that it wouldn't beryllium completed connected his timeline, truthful that helium volition beryllium the erstwhile president and whoever succeeds him volition beryllium stuck with what could beryllium a achromatic elephant," Coons said. 

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., added that the ballroom is precise "Trumponian," but affirmed that "he's gonna bash it right."

"I'm gladsome they're doing it with backstage dollars," Marshall added. "I deliberation it'll beryllium a large happening to adhd and enactment that Trump stamp connected the White House."

And Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., agreed, telling Fox News Digital that the caller ballroom would beryllium a large addition to the White House and celebrated that determination would beryllium "no outgo to the taxpayer."

Fox News Digital's Amanda Macias contributed to this report.