Gilded Trump Ignores Everyone, Builds White House Ballroom Empire
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Top White House officials and Republicans admit they no longer attempt to persuade Trump as of September 2026.
- ā¢Trump demanded and received speaking slots both nights at the Republican convention scheduled in Dallas at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday.
- ā¢With midterm worries growing, Trump obsessively spent time remodeling and gilding the White House like a modern Caesar Augustus.
In the latest episode of 'Just Say Yes to Trump,' GOP insiders privately admit that trying to reason with President Trump is about as useful as asking a parrot for chess advice. With his popularity dialing near all-time lows by early September 2026, Trump nonetheless insists on starring in ads and making the midterms all about himself ā like a birthday party where youāre the only guest. On the same week the Republican National Committee officially scheduled the Dallas convention to kick off at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, Trump demanded speaking time both nights and got it. Nearby, several endangered Republican candidates quietly LOLād hoping not to star in an egocentric political circus. Amid all this, heās obsessively turning the White House into a marble palace worthy of Caesar Augustus, though there's zero evidence he ever paused impulses, per insider scoffs. Nobody pushes back because, as one donor confessed on meeting him recently: 'Heās an 80-year-old man who did it his way and gets what he wants.' Meanwhile, midterm anxieties and Capitol Hill power shifts loom just 56 days ahead as the de facto unretiring president continues golf-clubbing political norms to death.
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(1 of 3)Watching Trump micromanage a marble White House ballroom while wrecking GOP midterms is like entrusting a toddler with flamethrowers and national security.
Trumpās political strategy: Ignore advice, host egotistical conventions, then marvel at your own marble. Cleopatra wouldnāt even try.
GOP insiders donāt push back because who wants to argue when your boss posts hockey-stick selfies conquering Canadian PMs?
Source: Axios | Published: 9/9/2026 | Author: Jim VandeHei
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