Since Donald Trump flattened the East Wing last October, his justification for building a White House ballroom has evolved considerably. Originally, the president suggested he needed a place to throw killer parties. But after the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to stop the project, Trump reframed it as a necessary national security upgrade.

Now, with the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule on whether building can proceed without congressional approval, President Trump has rolled out yet another defense: He showed the plans to George Washington, and he’s totally into it!

Friday night on Truth Social, Trump posted a series of images that show him giving Washington, who has been dead for 226 years, a tour of the White House ballroom, which does not exist yet:

A day later, Trump revealed that he and the AI-generated Washington have a bond that goes........

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