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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 / Pool” said in 62 of 370 transcripts, 295 times.

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Remarks on Signing the Executive Order Establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Executive Order signing 10 times

  1. …a great place. Look outside. Look what's happening. Look at the beautiful ballroom and military center. It's a military center, much more than—we have…
  2. …seen. In fact, our columns are going to be nicer at the ballroom. I said, "I want the Supreme Court but better." But you look…
  3. …we did, I think, 78. One of the things was the reflecting pool. Hasn't worked since 1922 because it always leaked. It always leaked, from…

Eulogy at the Funeral Service for Senator Lindsey O. Graham

Jul 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …first learned the art of politics. His parents ran a bar and pool hall on Main Street, with a room in the back where the…
  2. …were there. He had them with him at all times. From that pool hall where his parents raised him to the halls of the United…

Remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Jul 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Correspondents' Dinner 5 times

  1. …warming up the new White House military center drone port, highly protected ballroom. It's—we have our ballroom. The windows are this thick. I said…
  2. …right on the roof, right protecting the White House. Not only the ballroom. And what's underneath—you know, it was supposed to be a top…
  3. …the military's dream to have it built. I wanted to have a ballroom because for 150 years they wanted it, and then the generals came…

Remarks at a Rose Garden Club Lunch

Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …thing and the biggest thing that we're doing is, we're building a ballroom and a tremendous military center. That was supposed to be top secret…
  2. …what you do, you get sued. They sue because they think the ballroom is too big, the ballroom is too small. "I don't like the…
  3. …of which will never be even close to being competed with. The ballroom is going up to there. You see, it's—the hardest part is…

Remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition 2026 Policy Conference

Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 3 times

  1. …incredible devotion of patriots like those people in this very, very crowded ballroom, today I can proudly report that on the edge of our 250th…
  2. …did a great job on the monuments and fountains. And the Reflecting Pool was so beautiful. They tried to destroy it. They cut it up…
  3. …ripped a scar 350 feet long through the side of the Reflecting Pool. These are the people we're dealing with. These are the people that…

Remarks on Signing the Secure America Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 6 times

  1. …said, "That's not a good idea." It's—I built many, many swimming pools as a builder. I built hundreds of them. And I've got one…
  2. …it's—with shovels. We had to shovel inside of what's called a "pool" or a "lake," and got it cleaned. We then fumigated it. We…
  3. …we gave them a beautiful surface. And then they put a swimming pool topping, but industrial strength. It's industrial strength. It's used for tanks and…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Agriculture in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 7 times

  1. …builder, I said: "You know what? I built a lot of swimming pools—many, many swimming pools. Every time I do a development, I do…
  2. …It was terrible, disgusting. It was garbage-ridden. And I sent my pool guy. I said, "Take a look at it." And he said: "Well…
  3. …a pro. You know, they got very upset when I sent my pool person. I said, "Who else am I going to send?" So I…

Remarks on Coal and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 3 times

  1. …talk about clean, beautiful coal. That's clean, beautiful water. That's the longest pool anywhere in the world. And here, you can tell they're not progressive…
  2. …a material that doesn't allow leaks. You know, it's like, a swimming pool doesn't leak. You use the right—this is—this is called swimming…

Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …always leaked, and it was a problem. It's called the great Reflecting Pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial and—right in between…
  2. …and the building wouldn't reach it. And today, it gets completed—the pool gets completed at 4 o'clock, and the water will start to flow…
  3. …filthy dirty. We took out 12 truckloads of garbage out of this pool. It was just rotting and terrible. A terrible thing for the country…

Remarks on Commercial Refrigeration Regulations and an Exchange With Reporters

May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 12 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 8 times

  1. …can do it for less." So, I called people that do swimming pools, and I said, "Go take a look at it." They were going…
  2. …away 16 loads of garbage out of that only 2-feet-deep pool. So, I just want to mention because Doug has been great, and…
  3. …have it totally sealed. It's basically, if you think of a swimming pool, a heavy swimming pool coating. And the pool person said, "Sir, we're…

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

May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …beautiful surface on. It's called—the coloring is—it's like a swimming pool, but industrial strength, much stronger. And I think you're going to see…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

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 at the White House Small Business Summit

May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 14 times

  1. …that curtain is a window. Outside of that window is the new ballroom. So, I said I'll leave, I'll get out of here, and I'll…
  2. …a pretty bad situation. You can't have a thousand units over the ballroom with an entrance right next to where you are, for a lot…
  3. …said: "Doug, what do you think? I built a lot of swimming pools, hundreds of swimming pools at different jobs." I said, "Let me look…

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 Health Care Costs and Affordability and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 14 times

  1. …Memorial has a beautiful reflecting pond or lake. They call it a pool, lake, and pond. It—all—every day is different, but the word…
  2. …two—over 2,000 feet long. So that would be many swimming pools—many, many, many stacked up together. But it would be the equivalent…
  3. …years as a developer, I've probably built more than a hundred swimming pools in different buildings I build, and I have some really good pool…

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 9 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 11 times

  1. …long wall with half windows, because that used to be a swimming pool on the other side of the wall. That was the swimming pool…
  2. …You'll have to move along, ma'am." So that was the famous swimming pool. Now it's even worse. It's for the media. They covered the pool…
  3. …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…

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…