Speaker Eric Metaxas said God placed Donald Trump in power to finally add a ballroom to the White House, sparking controversy at a faith‑based event marking the nation’s 250th anniversary. The proposed $400 million ballroom, tied to an immigration bill, has drawn criticism for its cost and religious overtones.
Conservative speaker Eric Metaxas has drawn ire for claiming that God himself put Donald Trump in power to ensure the White House gets a new, 62, lectured: “The British challenged us again in the war of 1812, burning parts of that city named after George Washington, you may be familiar with that city.
Eric Metaxas claimed it was 'extraordinary' that none of the Founding Fathers had thought to give the White House a ballroom.
“They burned parts of the city including the White House, which at that time—if you can believe it—did not yet have a ballroom," he said to laughs from the crowd. “Yes, it’s hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand,” he said. “It’s extraordinary, we only had to wait two hundred years.
”The crowd went wild as the evangelist named Trump the 'great man' God had picked to revamp the Washington building. The prayer event, called “Rededicate 250,” is one of many Trump-backed celebrations taking place for the United States’ 250th birthday, with the faith-based bash ironicallyThe ballroom project—the price tag of which has already ballooned from $100 million to $400 million—was sneakily included in an immigration enforcement bill that would have seen it tied to $1 billion funding.
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