I recently visited the White House with my wife in 2025. With Biden or Obama in the People’s House, I had no desire to go anywhere near it. But with Trump in the Executive Branch, I am pretty proud of the place, and I have taken time this year, with Trump back, to enjoy it. But for what the White House does on the world stage, it’s too small, and I always thought that would be a problem for Trump, who is used to big settings for deal-making in all aspects of his life. For what he has made use of at Mar-a-Lago and his many golf resorts, Trump is accustomed to lavish settings, where he feels most at home. I am glad to see him investing his own money in fixing up the White House and leaving a personal mark on it that matches how the residence has evolved on the world stage. I love the gold in the Oval Office. I love the large flag poles for the American flags. And I love the idea of a new 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom being built for around $200 million of privately invested money. It’s the right kind of message that the American White House should project to the world when hosting significant events. As it stands now, the White House is too small inside for large gatherings. When making deals with people, it is essential to communicate effectively and have a clear understanding of who you are dealing with. And Trump is all about setting those expectations at the start of a deal, with proper attire and a focus on economic viability represented by gold. These designs are going to cross over into the new ballroom construction, which is set to begin as early as September 2025.
I get it, when my wife and I were last there, we spent some time enjoying the area around the White House, really for the first time. And we went to the Visitor’s Center on Pennsylvania Avenue just east of the White House on the south side of the street, and I geeked out on history quite a bit. The White House was built to be unpretentious for world leaders and to convey that it was not the palace of a king or a ruthless dictator, but the temporary residence of the people’s representative in an executive capacity. The White House was built small to convey to the world that the people living in it were unpretentious. It’s a nice idea that represents the founding of our country as a small set of colonies that just wanted to be left alone by the outside world. But that’s not how things have turned out, and perhaps, that’s for the better. We are the idea that the rest of the world has for civil government. We essentially do rule the world, and we have learned over time that the best kind of presidents to put in the White House need to be more like Trump and less like Jimmy Carter. When you are the best at what you do, it’s okay to take pride in your accomplishments and let others know about it. They need to know there is a specific expectation, and our White House has evolved into being that symbol for the world. Many people visit there, and the premises themselves are in dire need of renovation to accommodate the growing demand in a world hungry for it. And if you are going to build something like that, it needs to be opulent and comfortable to facilitate people talking to each other.
We are living in a time where there is always a Marxist assumption to downplay everything, including how we dress. I’m not a casual Friday kind of person. I find the practice of dressing down on any professional occasion disgusting because it shows a lack of respect for the work being done. But when Chuck Schumer says that we don’t need an opulent ballroom at the White House where everyone dresses up in their best to speak to each other, that he’s a hamburger at his desk kind of guy, he’s trying to appeal to the socialists of his party who want to overthrow expectation itself. And our culture has deteriorated tremendously as a result of those efforts to the point where it has contaminated nearly everything we do. As individuals, we need to expect more of ourselves, and it’s a very Marxist assumption. Dress-down days are similar to the kind of people who say on Friday, “Thank God it’s time for the weekend,” because the association is that work equals unhappiness and that American culture needs to work less to be happier. So we should dread Monday because we are going back to slaving for the “man.” And we should love Friday because we get freedom from work. Historically speaking, all of those assumptions were built into our culture by Marxists who wanted to attack the premise of capitalism and take away the management of companies and give the means of production over to the workers of the world, who are supposed to unite and know how to make a profit in a work endeavor. But America was built on the back of hard work, and that is the kind of president that Trump is. And when you work hard and smart in a free culture, you can afford nice things, and we should show them off to inspire others to do the same.
When attending these types of social events, it’s essential to be in large spaces that inspire people to greatness. And when you go to an event at the White House, it shouldn’t be to see the President of the United States, but some critical person who is at the top of their field who might help advance something you want to do along the lines of new and improved work. That is the real definition of management in the workplace: to provide workers worldwide with an opportunity to exchange labor for a livelihood. And the more work people are willing to conduct, and the more critical it is, the more money people should be able to make. And to showcase those inspirational traits, people should gather dressed in their finest attire to demonstrate to the world that they have something to offer and are worth listening to. People need space to rub shoulders with a lot of others without feeling pressed together. So, a 90,000 sq. ft. space to meet in will be fantastic and has been much needed for many years. We need to set the expectation that the rest of the world must follow, and Trump is making the White House into what it always should have been. As Americans, we have to stop catering to other people’s lazy natures and their tendency to gravitate to socialism to hide that laziness from the world. And we need a White House that tells the success story of capitalism, not some non-pretentious younger sibling in the world that doesn’t want to make other countries feel bad about themselves. We have the greatest economy in the world, and it’s about time that the White House projects that to all the visitors who attend. People need to be inspired. Not eating a sandwich at their desk in a t-shirt and a pair of flip-flops. People need to step it up, and that starts in America at the White House, as Trump is living there by our choice and expectation. And we need the White House to set a standard that the rest of the world must live up to.
Rich Hoffman
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