Like most developers, Trump thinks firing “his” architect gives him some status as a designer, but like his other idiocy, he’s making a hash of his massive ballroom. It will remain a shopping mall’s anchor store, regardless of the architect.
One source said Trump decided to replace the esteemed designer after McCrery’s firm repeatedly missed deadlines and its small workforce made progress difficult.
Trump's ballroom, paid for by big tech donors including Amazon and Google, is described as 90,000 square feet in official announcements - significantly larger than the 55,000 square feet mansion residence section of the White House complex.
It is unclear if McCrery stepped back voluntarily, but the president and him remain on good terms, a source told the outlet.
Trump's ballroom project is now being led by architect Shalom Baranes, a veteran designer for government buildings in Washington for decades.
Baranes's firm has been involved in redesigning the main Treasury building and the headquarters of the General Services Administration.
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The deadline to extend Obamacare subsidies is approaching, with millions of Americans at risk of having their insurance premiums increase dramatically if no plan is agreed upon. And on Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel took President Donald Trump to task on it.
"How long has Trump been claiming to have a plan for healthcare?" asks the late night show host in the clip above. "If you had an employee, or like a contractor at your house, who told you he was working on a project – something important like your roof – and he told you during interview before you hired him, he's like 'I have a plan for this roof, it's going to be a great plan, it's gonna be an excellent roof.' So you hire him, and some time goes by and you're like, 'Hey, where's the plan for the roof?' And he's like, 'It's almost ready.' And then a year later you still don't have a roof, and you're like, 'Hey, what's up with the roof?' He's like, 'It's coming, soon.' And that went on for four years until eventually you fire him, you give someone else the job, and then four years later he comes back, he's like, 'That roof you have is terrible, I could build you a much better roof.' And again, you fall for it! [...] This is exactly what Trump has been doing with healthcare."
