White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has praised a piece published in a liberal news outlet about Trump's ballroom project.

'First dose of common sense I’ve seen from the legacy media on this story,' Leavitt wrote on X, sharing a Saturday piece from the Washington Post Editorial Board, which has been revamped in 2025 to share more libertarian views. 

The Board used the editorial piece to push back on the 'Not In My Back Yard' crowd, often called NIMBY's.

'In classic Trump fashion, the president is pursuing a reasonable idea in the most jarring manner possible,' the Board writes, while also noting that, 'privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses acknowledge the long-overdue need for an event space like what Trump is creating.'

'It is absurd that tents need to be erected on the South Lawn for state dinners, and VIPs are forced to use porta-potties,' the Board adds.

The Post Editorial Board's work comes as Trump has faced significant criticism for demolishing the East Wing of the White House this month.

Congressman Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, wrote on X on Saturday that a member of his party should not 'even think of seeking' a nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.'

Social media users reacted to the Post's story, with one saying that it's 'absurd' that people wouldn't want to improve the conditions for hosting world leaders.

One wrote: 'You know the left is totally bats**t crazy when they oppose something as basic as improving WH facilities for hosting world leaders and dignitaries. 

'But Obama's basketball court (snicker) was perfectly necessary since many foreign leaders like to practice layups and free throws before world summits. They are absurd.' 

Another added: 'No one wants to have King Charles use an outhouse at the White House.' 

And a third said: 'I’m still in shock, knowing that the Washington Post actually is writing an article without trashing Trump.' 

While others slammed the Washington Post for their take: 'The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, a major funder of Trump's ballroom, which Trump just demolished the East Wing to make way for, says the ballroom is actually a good thing.' 

The day before Swalwell made the post, Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell exclusively told the Daily Mail that he believes the renovation is long overdue, especially given the work already done in the White House Rose Garden. 

Speaking on Friday before the opening night of the opera Aida at the Kennedy Center, Grenell noted that, 'if you've ever been to the White House, you know that it's a really cramped space. It cannot hold a whole bunch of people.'

'What President Trump believes as a man of the people is that this is an opportunity to bring a lot more Americans to the White House,' Grenell said, adding that 'this is going to be a ballroom that will be permanently there, rather than having tents and rentals constantly.'

Grenell also noted that 'what we're going to do is have a permanent structure there that really is going to allow lots more people to experience the White House.'

The Kennedy Center leader also remarked on renovations already completed in the White House Rose Garden, which he believes 'is already being used on a regular basis.'

Amid the criticism President Trump's ballroom has received, internet sleuths unearthed a 2010 CNN clip in which the network's hosts joked about then-President Barack Obama's White House renovation, which was reported to cost $376 million and be funded by taxpayers.

Trump's ballroom is said to cost $250 million, which is going to be paid for by private and corporate donors.