<p>Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher ripped into media for leaning into panic in the framing of stories about President Donald Trump&#8217;s renovations at the White House — specifically the ballroom construction that required demolition of the East Wing.</p>
<p>Maher argued that people shouldn&#8217;t be so worked up over the fact that the president was making improvements to the White House — and he discussed the outrage over the construction project on Friday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Real Time&#8221; alongside Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL).</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bill Maher on Real Time dismisses outrage over Trump&#8217;s ballroom.</p>
<p>&#8220;I really don&#8217;t give a shit. It shows you how the media is.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BwZLmsRX3W">pic.twitter.com/BwZLmsRX3W</a></p>
<p>— Zachary Leeman (@WritingLeeman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WritingLeeman/status/1987245656889503824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;The ballroom, I don’t give a s**t,&#8221; Maher explained, saying that ultimately the White House is &#8220;just a building&#8221; and might need a few updates from time to time anyway.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was reading — it shows you how the media is. Everything is always on one side or the other. When [Trump] first mentioned it, it was all about, ‘Oh, my God, he’s desecrating the White House.’ Then I finally read, ‘Oh, well, they’ve done s**t to the White House before,'&#8221; Maher said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I realized after reading other people, we don’t have a place when they have state dinners,&#8221; Maher added, noting that when presidents did entertain visiting heads of state, they did so in temporary structures. &#8220;They’re doing it in a tent! This is America! So do I give a s**t that he’s doing this to the White House? I really don’t&#8221;</p>
<p>Maher&#8217;s initial comments about the ballroom were mocking, as he marveled over the fact that Trump hadn&#8217;t had to go through the tedious process of getting permits to carry out the project.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bill Maher on President Trump’s ballroom: “Presidents have changed the White House in little ways before, but you know they always got approval from Congress… As a constitutionalist, I must say I find this appalling. As the guy who took 3 years to get my f—king solar panels in —… <a href="https://t.co/CGOdXRsv3t">pic.twitter.com/CGOdXRsv3t</a></p>
<p>— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedWave_Press/status/1981909872217092338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Presidents have changed the White House in little ways before, but you know they always got approval from Congress,&#8221; Maher said at the time. &#8220;As a constitutionalist, I must say I find this appalling. As the guy who took 3 years to get my f***ing solar panels in — I’m kind of jealous. I’m kind of in awe because I live in LA where you need 13 permits to put a bird feeder on your deck.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump also announced in recent weeks that the Lincoln Bathroom had been renovated, marking the first update to that room since the 1940s.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨JUST POSTED🚨</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has renovated the Lincoln bathroom.</p>
<p>He announced, “I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black… <a href="https://t.co/FT4AJxymAH">pic.twitter.com/FT4AJxymAH</a></p>
<p>— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) <a href="https://twitter.com/BreannaMorello/status/1984305356298678664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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