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Hillary Clinton mocked for 2001 furniture scandal amid Trump ballroom meltdown: 'At least he didnrCOt steal'
Former first lady says Trump is 'destroying' the White House with
privately funded 90,000-square-foot project
Emma Colton By Emma Colton Fox News
Published October 22, 2025 11:10am EDT

Gutfeld: Is Hillary Clinton secretly thrilled over this?

Conservatives and Trump supporters were quick to remind former first
lady Hillary Clinton about her 2001 furniture controversy with former President Bill Clinton as she attempted to lambaste President Donald
Trump for constructing a ballroom at the White House.

"At least he didnrCOt steal the silverware," Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posted to
X Tuesday lambasting Clinton.

Clinton's X post quickly set off condemnation from conservatives
reflecting on the 2001 furniture controversy, when the Clintons took an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings provided by donors and paid $86,000 to the federal government for other gifts they received.

"Gifts did not leave the White House without the approval of the White
House usher's and curator's offices," the Clintons said in a 2001
statement. "Of course, if the White House now determines that a
cataloging error occurred ... any item in question will be returned."

BILL CLINTON HAD 'NIGHTMARES' ABOUT FUTURE OF COUNTRY AFTER LEAVING OFFICE

"All of these items were considered gifts to us," Hillary Clinton added
at the time. "That's what the permanent record of the White House
showed. . . . But if there is a different intent, we will certainly
honor the intention of the donor."

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Conservatives and Trump supporters were quick to remind former first
lady Hillary Clinton about her 2021 furniture controversy with former President Bill Clinton. (Getty Images)

Trump announced Monday that construction had begun on the ballroom,
following months of the president floating the planned project to
modernize the White House. The project does not cost taxpayers and is privately funded, the White House reported.

The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project is expected to accommodate approximately 650 seated guests, according to the White House.

"I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom," Trump
said on Truth Social. "Completely separate from the White House itself,
the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and
will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete!"

Photos of the demolition crew dismantling the East Wing's facade
circulated on social media and in news reports. Clinton responded to the construction in a message rallying voters against Trump's project.

"ItrCOs not his house," Hillary Clinton wrote on X Tuesday morning. "ItrCOs your house. And herCOs destroying it."

The social media post included a screenshot of The Washington Post's
report, "White House begins demolishing East Wing Facade to build
Trump's ballroom," accompanied by a photo of a demolition crew.

HILLARY CLINTON FIRES UP VOTERS AGAINST TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION: 'NOT HIS HOUSE''

Other Clinton critics pointed to former President Bill Clinton's sex
scandal with an intern in their responses on social media, and others
rehashed the Lincoln Bedroom controversy.

Bill Clinton and his administration fell under scrutiny in the 1990s for hosting donors for overnight stays at the White House, specifically the Lincoln Bedroom, allegedly in exchange for campaign donations. The then-president denied selling out the room for donations.

White House demolition for new ballroom
The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build
the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building. (The Associated Press)

"Yes, between selling nights in the Lincoln bedroom to donors and her husbandrCOs tutelage of the interns in the Oval Office, if anyone treated
the WH as sacred it was the Clintons," conservative writer Mark
Hemingway wrote on X.

"The ballroom will be spectacularrCa unlike your work in Haiti," Eric
Trump shot back at Clinton.

"Hi Hillary, Remind us, wasnrCOt it you who walked off with $28,000 in
White House furniture when you moved out?" conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted to X. "And your husband who defiled the Oval Office
during his presidency? President TrumprCOs funding a beautiful new
ballroom out of his own pocket."

TRUMP APPEARS ON WHITE HOUSE ROOF AMID TALKS OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS

Trump speaks at White House
President Donald Trump announced Oct. 20, 2025, that construction had
begun on the ballroom. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press )

"There's literally a Clinton scandal for every tweet she sends,"
Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison posted to X, accompanied by a screenshot of
a news report on the Clintons taking an estimated $190,000 in gifted
White House furniture when leaving office.

"A Clinton would never defile the White House," former Trump staffer
Alex Pfeiffer wrote.

"I remember when the Clintons stole the people's furniture and
tableware," columnist David Harsanyi posted.

TRUMP BREAKS GROUND ON MASSIVE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PROJECT WITH PRIVATE FUNDING FROM 'PATRIOTS'

"Almost every president of has done renovations to the White House
including the Clintons who did a big spread in House Beautiful in 1993
about theirs--the East Wing fa|oade is just that a fa|oade, not part of
the original structure and added in 1942 per Franklin D. Roosevelt," conservative columnist Salena Zito wrote.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former
president Bill Clinton. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

"What her husband did inside rCyour houserCO is the real abomination," Fox Business' Dagen McDowell posted to X.

The ballroom construction comes after Trump made other updates to the
White House, including installing two 88-foot-tall American flags and an overhaul to the White House Rose Garden.

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"President Trump is working 24/7 to Make America Great Again, including
his historic beautification of the White House, at no taxpayer expense,"
White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital Tuesday when
asked about Clinton's post and other Democrats criticizing the ballroom construction. "These long-needed upgrades will benefit generations of
future presidents and American visitors to the PeoplerCOs House."

Fox News Digital reached out to Hillary Clinton's office Wednesday
morning regarding but did not immediately receive a reply.

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