Donald Trump will likely name his new $300 million White House ballroom after himself, according to senior administration officials.

Already, officials are referring to it as “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom.” That name will likely stick, ABC News was told.

Trump has not publicly said what he intends to name the ballroom, but he is known for branding his construction projects after himself – and it appears this project will be no different.

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    Next president, assuming we get one, should complain, very publicly how ugly and gaudy it is. Then either bulldoze it. And also plant grass in the garden again.

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    What’s the point of this story? Everyone already knew that. He puts his name on literally everything he can get away with. It would be news if he was planning to name it after anyone else.

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    wanna bet hes going to just pocket most if not all the cash, instead of building it. the estimats for the cost is up to 350mil right now.

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    Reminds me of a shitty Russian palace. If and when the USA returns to sanity, the next leaders should ask the voters if they want the damn thing demolished and bring back the Rose Garden too. Of course use union labor.

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      I’m hoping that one day it will be a Smithsonian museum of White House history, including an exhibit of everything Trump destroyed to build his guilded monstrosity. Something tells me it won’t happen, even if there is ever another Dem in office, because the Dems are still pathetically hung up on decorum and would never do anything so direct to slight a previous administration. Still, nothing would make Donnie seethe more than seeing this space opened to the riff raff.

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    IF we ever take our country back, the first thing we should is tear down that monstrosity, and replace it with the original plan, and charge him for the job. After all, he never asked permission, he just took a bulldozer to the most iconic building in America.

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      Convert it into a museum dedicated to memorializing and studying America’s greatest failings and violations.

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        I would prefer it becomes a sort of cautionary museum, about how vigilant we must be to protect our country from traitors and criminals who want to exploit it. We can call it the Trump Museum of Treason.

        But no, he loves his name too much. I am of the mind to erase all mention of him from history, the way the Pharaohs would chip their predessessors names from their monuments.

        He can be referred to as He Who Must Not Be Named.

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          Trump Trauma Room… for everyone to remember the peril MAGA Republicans have caused.

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    Might as well just name it the Lol Fuck You Poors Ballroom, because that’s exactly what it is and says.