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Trump previews ballroom construction the day after voters rejected GOP rule

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President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party's midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom. In his first public appearance since Republicans racked up major losses in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about the White House ballroom under construction and largely skirted talk about his party’s performance. Covered by 9 outlets: 4 lean left, 4 are centre, 1 lean right.

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  1. Axios Center Factuality: High US
    Forget the midterm ballots. Trump is back to ballrooms.

    Republicans barely had time to absorb their sweeping midterm losses before President Trump returned to a familiar comfort zone: D.C. construction projects. Why it matters: Voters just delivered an overwhelming rebuke of the administration, demanding that politicians focus on...

  2. CBS News Leans left Factuality: High US
    Trump touts White House ballroom after GOP midterm losses

    After the GOP's losses in the midterms, President Trump hosted a celebratory event in the unfinished ballroom that stood in stark contrast with his new political reality in Washington.

  3. PBS NewsHour Leans left Factuality: Very high US
    WATCH: Trump previews ballroom construction the day after voters rejected GOP rule

    President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party's midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom.

  4. Raw Story Left Factuality: Mixed US
    CNN abruptly cuts away from Trump’s ballroom spectacle: ‘We don’t need to watch’

    CNN’s Anderson Cooper abruptly moved on from live coverage of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom spectacle Wednesday after the president encouraged reporters to watch a steel beam being lifted into place. The unusual moment unfolded as Trump fielded questions outside the...

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  5. The Hill Center Factuality: High US
    Trump touts ‘magnificent’ ballroom in first remarks after midterm drubbing

    President Trump, in his first public remarks since Republicans lost big in the midterm elections, showed off the White House ballroom construction Wednesday. The president signed the final beam, along with workers and other officials, and watched it get lifted into place. He...

  6. Google News Center Factuality: High US
    After midterms beatdown, Trump returns to his hobby: the White House ballroom - Politico

    After midterms beatdown, Trump returns to his hobby: the White House ballroom Politico Trump touts White House ballroom in first appearance since GOP midterm losses CBS News Trump Says in Interview That He Will Accept Election Results The New York Times Trump says he was 'a...

  7. Raw Story Left Factuality: Mixed US
    Downbeat Trump wanders away from reporters during ballroom construction site interview

    A visibly downbeat Donald Trump spoke to reporters from the construction site of his White House ballroom on Wednesday afternoon and then, without warning, wandered off. During the press availability, which was joined in progress by MS NOW, the president dismissed worries...

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  8. The Herald-News Not rated US
    Trump talks about the White House ballroom project, not the midterms, in extended public comments

    President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party’s midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom

  9. NBC News Leans left Factuality: High US
    Trump brags about the White House ballroom in his first post-election appearance

    In his first public appearance since Republicans racked up major losses in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about the White House ballroom under construction and largely skirted talk about his party’s performance.

  10. New Republic Left Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Trump Brags About Ballroom in First Speech Since GOP Election Wreckage

    President Trump’s first public speech after a disastrous, resounding midterm election defeat was about the White House ballroom, as he offered the American people deranged ramblings about the only thing he actually seems to care about. “I doubt there’s a ballroom in the...

  11. The Hill Center Factuality: High US
    Watch live: Trump speaks from White House ballroom construction site

    President Trump speaks after Election Day.

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USA TODAY Trump talks Iran war impact on midterm elections as final WH ballroom steel beam put in place
The Independent Trump reacts to midterms bloodbath at ballroom ceremony
USA TODAY After midterm elections, Trump gives White House ballroom update, boasts of marble...
New York Post Trump Brushes Off Impeachment Concerns, Says Democrats Would Pay the Price
Associated Press Trump watches White House ballroom 'topping out' after GOP midterm losses
The Hill Trump speaks after Democrats sweep Congress in midterms

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