Stephen Colbert furious over Donald Trump’s latest

Television persona Stephen Colbert criticized President Donald Trump’s latest constructing plans this week, calling his proposed $200 million White House ballroom a “big dumb vanity project.”

The Late Show host addressed the plans during his present, the place he also reacted to Trump’s announcement of a separate arch that could be inbuilt Washington, D.C. Trump lately unveiled plans for each tasks, starting with the ballroom, which is already under development on the East Wing of the White House.

Colbert’s viewers started to boo when he introduced up the tasks, however he stopped them. “No, it’s actually lovely,” he said. “It’s actually a set of two arches, and I’m told we have the architectural rendering.” He then displayed a picture of Trump’s proposed monument before including, “Announcing your own triumphal arch is textbook dictator.”

The new 90,000-square-foot addition is predicted to accommodate almost 1,000 friends and can feature bulletproof glass, marble flooring, and gold detailing.

The White House has said the project will likely be paid for by non-public donors quite than taxpayer cash. It marks one in all the largest structural modifications to the constructing in more than a century.

Preservationists have also raised considerations about disrupting the panorama of the National Mall, while Trump’s supporters have argued that the addition would give the metropolis a new landmark similar to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.

The ballroom plan has already drawn criticism for its price and for the removing of timber round the White House grounds to make room for the development.

Trump, however, has dismissed the backlash, describing the project as a part of a broader effort to “modernize and beautify” the govt residence.

Colbert ended his section by mocking the scale of Trump’s ambitions. “Big dumb vanity project,” he repeated. “Announcing your own triumphal arch is textbook dictator.”