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Source: The White House
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Last updated: November 4, 2026 1:40 PM EST
President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the topping-out ceremony for the new White House ballroom — his first on-camera appearance since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections — and took questions from reporters beside the final steel beam.
He defended the Iran war (“If I had it to do again, I’d have to do it again… You can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon”), said he would work with Democrats but reminded them he holds “the power of the veto,” and insisted Republicans would have won “if I was on the ballot.”
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