During a 2011 roast, then-President Barack Obama predicted what the White House might look like if Donald Trump ever moved in. With Trump's recent demolition of the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom,

Texas, amplified Collins' claim on X (archived), and similar claims spread across Instagram, Threads and Facebook (archived here, here and here). Other social media users alleged (archived here and here) that Obama personally spent $370 million in taxpayer money on the renovation project.

President Trump’s construction of a grand ballroom attached to the White House — starting with the demolition of part of the East Wing this week — will not be the first time a president

Does a photo show demolition done to the White House by Barack Obama to install an indoor basketball court? No, that's not true: A black and white photo shows the West Wing expansion project conducted by President Franklin Roosevelt

Obama, a keen basketball player, adapted an existing outdoor tennis court at the White House for basketball by adding hoops and lines.

Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control. The former Democratic president is appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in California.