Donald Trump’s obsession with a flashy new White House ballroom is landing exactly where most of his polling has been trending lately: underwater, unpopular, and not moving.
According to CNN data analyst Harry Enten, Americans are simply not buying it, and they haven’t changed their minds since October. The numbers are stubborn in a way that even Trump’s usual spin machine can’t quite dance around.
Enten broke it down bluntly on air: “This ballroom is, simply put, unpopular,”
The polling shows 56% of Americans oppose the project, while only 28% support it. That gap hasn’t budged in months — which, in polling terms, is basically a frozen lake.
The proposal itself has already taken on a strange life of its own. Trump previously claimed the ballroom would be paid for through private donations, but now Senate Republicans are reportedly floating the idea of spending up to $1 billion in taxpayer money for security-related costs tied to the project.
Because of course a ballroom somehow comes with a billion-dollar security bill.
When asked to put the 28% support figure into context, Enten delivered one of those comparisons that makes you double-check reality.
“Americans who support or believe in ghosts: that comes in at 39%.” How about telepathy? That comes in at 29%. And the new White House ballroom comes in below both of those at 28%.”
In other words: ghosts are polling higher than Trump’s ballroom. So is telepathy. The ballroom is losing to paranormal beliefs and basic mind-reading fantasies.
Enten didn’t sugarcoat the takeaway:
“The bottom line is this new White House ballroom is most certainly not popular,” He added that more Americans believe Trump is focusing on the wrong priorities — a sentiment reflected in broader polling showing 67% of respondents say exactly that. The same percentage also disapproves of his handling of government spending, which makes the idea of a billion-dollar ballroom even harder to sell.
At this point, the ballroom isn’t just unpopular. It’s becoming a kind of metaphor for the disconnect between Washington ambition and public patience — a luxury project that most Americans didn’t ask for, don’t want, and apparently rank below ghosts on their list of believable things.
Watch the segment below:
