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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Ballroom” said in 40 of 339 transcripts, 186 times.

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Remarks on Commercial Refrigeration Regulations and an Exchange With Reporters

May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 10 times

  1. …you I only do what's right. I don't need money for the ballroom. You know, I'm making a gift of the ballroom. This is the…
  2. …hopefully, hundreds of years. But that's what they're doing it for. The ballroom is paid for. It's a gift. I mean, I want to make…
  3. …that they're spending is for security having to do maybe around the ballroom and other parts of the house, but this is not for the…

Remarks on the Construction of the White House Ballroom and an Exchange With Reporters

May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …of work. We've spent hundreds of millions of dollars already on the ballroom, and it's coming out, I think, incredibly. I—we have some renderings…
  2. …the finished product. It's all knit together. At the top of the ballroom is a—what they call a "drone gallery." And we have tremendous…
  3. …all of the metals. Much stronger than steel, as an example. The ballroom is all—it's going to be a tremendous thing. As an example…

Remarks at a Rose Garden Club Dinner

May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …to be in pristine—and the big thing is, we're building a ballroom in the back, which will be, I think, the most beautiful ballroom…
  2. …will also be very safe. It's going to be a very safe ballroom. It's got glass this thick. It's amazing. The glass is this thick…

Remarks During a Visit to National Mall Reflecting Pool and an Exchange With Reporters

May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …certain section of the White House grounds. That's not all for the ballroom. And we are putting up $400 million to do the ballroom section…
  2. …But they want to do certain things militarily with respect to the ballroom having nothing to do with us or having to do with the…
  3. …a lot of things. But we are going to have a safe ballroom. It's under construction. It's ahead of schedule. It's right on budget. It…

Remarks at a Celebration of Military Mothers and an Exchange With Reporters

May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 7 times

  1. …a nicer something than that? But that's the entrance to the new ballroom that's being built, which will be—see. Which everybody—which everybody likes…
  2. …know, for 150 years, Presidents have wanted a room. This is the ballroom right here. This is—and it's too small. We had the King…
  3. …I was in a position, being a builder and having built many ballrooms and many other things—I'm good at ballrooms. And we're giving you…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner in West Palm Beach, Florida

May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 7 times

  1. …Saturday night. It was good for one thing: People are loving my ballroom now. That's the only thing. They love my ballroom. They love my…
  2. …the White House grounds as he's inspecting the—as he's inspecting the ballroom that's going up. They walk deep down into a foundation that's going…
  3. …mine said: "Boy, that's the deepest foundation I've ever seen for a ballroom." I said: "Yes, a lot of things happening there." But we have…

Remarks During a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …know, when you have a thousand rooms sitting on top of a ballroom and you have the elevators coming down right near the entrance, it's…
  2. …politician, but that's okay. What I do best is, I build. The ballroom will be just like that. So I went out and I have…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 8 times

  1. …companies, very rich people. So that—for 150 years, they've wanted a ballroom here. We're going to have the finest ballroom I believe anywhere in…
  2. …It's totally separate, and especially when it's a donation. I mean, the ballroom is a donation. It's gotten great reviews. People love it. And presidents…
  3. …doing, because everything is bulletproof glass, et cetera, et cetera—including the ballroom. And then it goes: Construction and all of the things necessary. It…

Remarks on United States Military Operations in Iran and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Mar 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …the architects. A lot of people are talking about how beautiful the ballroom—— For 150 years, they've wanted to build a ballroom at the White…
  2. …building. And one of the—I think it will be the finest ballroom of its kind anywhere in the world. A lot of people are…
  3. …all donors. There's not one dime of Government money going into the ballroom. Now, the military is building a big complex under the ballroom, which…

Remarks to Farmers

Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 4 times

  1. …lot of John Deeres. That's a big dig. And we're building a ballroom. For 150 years, they haven't—they've wanted—every President said, "Could we…
  2. …Because the White House is incredible, but it was—never had a ballroom. And we're building—that'll be the finest ballroom anywhere in the world…

Remarks at a Dinner With Governors

Feb 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Governors Dinner 7 times

  1. …in closing, I wanted to—you've read a lot: We're building a ballroom. For 150 years, they've wanted a great ballroom, at—even a ballroom…
  2. …Can hold very small numbers of people. And they've wanted a great ballroom. And we're building—we're going to build the greatest ballroom anywhere in…
  3. …a magnificent walkway that goes into what will be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world. So we did this no charge to the…

Remarks at a Hanukkah Reception

Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 10 times

  1. …1 that makes it. It's the White House. Soon you'll have a ballroom that's so big I can handle a—and we just won the…
  2. …just won the case. We got sued. We're donating a $400 million ballroom, and we got sued not to build it. For 150 years, they've…
  3. …asked for a restraining order to stop us from building a magnificent ballroom. I said, "Who would ask for a restraining"—we're giving them, Sid…

Remarks at the Congressional Ball

Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Congressional Ball 2 times

  1. …place. You know, for 150 years, they've been trying to do a ballroom. They never got it off, but we got it off. And in…
  2. …about a year and a half, you're going to have the best ballroom anywhere in the country—anywhere. It is special. And they're going to…

Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner

Dec 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Honors Medal Dinner 5 times

  1. …been so incredible. They made a donation—a big donation on the ballroom. We were bidding out the ballroom, and Carrier came along, and they…
  2. …of the lifts and generators and everything else you have in the ballroom, because it's a lot of very complex equipment that you wouldn't think…
  3. …tonight. A lot of people wanted to be here. And we—the ballroom is very small, Marco. I mean, this is like— —you know what…

Remarks on Announcing Child Savings Accounts and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 5 times

  1. …successful, and we've already started talking to them. You know, we're doing ballrooms. We're doing arcs. We're doing—we have a thing that's being planned…
  2. …you know, gone in and done a real job with that. The ballroom—I think, Michael and Susan, the next time we meet—well, I…
  3. …then— —but we're going to have a big event over in the ballroom to celebrate this. We're building a ballroom that they've wanted at this…

Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators

Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 6 times

  1. …you see the fence and the wall. We're building a world-class ballroom. You know, for 150 years, they've wanted a ballroom here. We don't…
  2. …ballroom. We have a little cocktail area, but we don't have a ballroom. The East Room, it's called, is a very small cocktail area. Holds…
  3. …I said, "If I do this again, I'm going to get a ballroom built." And we're putting up our own money with the—the Government…

Remarks Honoring the 2025 NCAA College World Series Champion Louisiana State University Tigers and 2025 NAIA Baseball National Champion Louisiana State University Shreveport Pilots

Oct 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: LSU Baseball visits White House 8 times

  1. …of it? You know, we're building, right behind us—we're building a ballroom. They've wanted a ballroom for 150 years, and I'm giving that honor…
  2. …this wonderful place. I think we should do it. This was the ballroom, and this room holds 88 people. And the— . And the new one…
  3. …getting big. But we're going to have—we'll have the most beautiful ballroom in the country. It's going—and if you—for those that are…

Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 22 times

  1. …you, because you've gave—given tremendous amounts of money to see a ballroom built for the first time at the White House. The White House…
  2. …everything else that we deal with, it's going to be a great ballroom. Going to be a great ballroom. As an example, this is really…
  3. …if I pull it off again, we are going to build a ballroom, and I'm going to start right at the beginning. And we had…

Remarks to Federal Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Personnel

Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …than it ever did, even at the White House. I'm building a ballroom. They've been after a ballroom for 150 years, but they never had…
  2. …estate guy as a President. You know, I've done a lot of ballrooms. And we're going to make this one the best of them all…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …So we've been planning it for a long time. They've wanted a ballroom at the White House for more than 150 years, but there's never…
  2. …if I get another shot at this, I'm going to do a ballroom." I was pretty busy in the first because I was running the…
  3. …But I always said I was going to do something about the ballroom, because they should have one. So we'll be leaving it. It will…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

Feb 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …This room is packed. And, you know, I offered to build a ballroom. I'm very good at building ballrooms. I build beautiful ballrooms, and I…
  2. …reception room. And then I was going to build a beautiful, beautiful ballroom like I have at Mar-a-Lago, as beautiful as it can…