Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump’s White House makeover at the United for Georgia rally in Atlanta: a ballroom “bigger than the White House,” a paved-over Rose Garden and “gold everywhere” — while, he said, the country is “fighting a war and trying to deal with out-of-control prices.” (Oct. 28, 2026 · Video: AP)
Context
The White House renovation has become a campaign issue in itself. Trump has added a large new ballroom, paved over part of the Rose Garden and filled rooms with gold decoration, changes he presents as gifts to the country paid for by private money. Democrats have used the makeover as a picture of their wider argument: that the president is focused on his own projects while families face high prices and the country is at war. Obama, who lived in the White House for eight years, delivered the line at the United for Georgia rally in Atlanta on October 28, six days before the midterms.
