My fellow Americans, our nation is at war, and so it is vital that we set aside our political differences and patriotically rally around our president’s ballroom.

President Donald Trump did not demolish the East Wing of the White House for nothing, and if we allow our war with Iran to draw attention away from the president’s planned $400 million ballroom, even for a moment, the enemy wins.

On March 29, the president spoke briefly about the Iran war aboard Air Force One before pivoting to the more important subject: ballroom.

“I'm so busy that I don't have time to do this,” he said, speaking at length and showing reporters a slew of large ballroom illustrations printed on poster boards. “But I'm fighting wars and other things. But this is very important, because this is going to be with us for a long time, and I think it will be the greatest ballroom anywhere in the world.”

Wars are fleeting. White House ballrooms are forever, probably.

Correct. The ballroom is very important. If past wars in the Middle East have shown us anything, it’s that wars eventually end, sort of. The White House ballroom, on the other hand, will be around far longer,........

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