A heckler gave President Donald Trump an earful about his massive White House ballroom during a Mississippi campaign rally Monday night, prompting the president to demand that security remove him.
“Take that ballroom and shove it up your fat a–,” the man yelled from the crowd at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth.
“Go home! Go home!” Trump yelled back.
Security personnel escorted the man out of the arena, where Trump was campaigning for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as she faces a tightening challenge from Democrat Scott Colom.
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Trump then claimed, without offering evidence, that the heckler had been paid to disrupt his speech.
“He gets paid. You know they’re paid protesters,” Trump told the crowd. “They get paid $250. They think it’s Soros.”
The interruption came as a new video of Trump’s ballroom circulated on social media, showing a massive structure rising in place of the East Wing at the White House. The project has drawn criticism over its size and closer scrutiny of its soaring price tag.
The clip shows the shell of a huge white building with reinforced steel beams inside. The new addition appears to dwarf the historic People’s House.
“Holy sh-t! Looks like Trump is building a convention center, not a ballroom. Look at this thing,” the poster wrote alongside the video.
When Trump first knocked down the East Wing in September 2025, he promised donations would fund the huge construction project. He repeatedly said taxpayers would not foot the $220 million bill.
The estimated cost soon ballooned to more than $400 million. This spring, Trump began lobbying his Republican allies in Congress to attach the ballroom’s cost to the U.S. Secret Service budget. He wanted taxpayers to help fund it after all.
Lawmakers did not attach it to the bill, at least not yet.
The price has continued to skyrocket. A Washington Post report last spring put the cost closer to $600 million, based on a review of documents from the construction company.
By August, Trump had recast the massive White House modification from his long-stated goal of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. He instead claimed the addition was a crucial national security project needed to protect future presidents and Washington residents.
New plans include a hospital under the ballroom and a drone center on top, according to media reports.
Social media users erupted after the new video surfaced, with commenters criticizing the scale of the build.
“What a monstrosity. It’s going to overpower the WH,” one X user declared.
“The next president should dismantle it, brick by brick!” another commenter stated.
Another poster countered, “He wants it to be so big it would be impossible to tear down.”
The video also follows a Washington Post report detailing the mega donors behind Trump’s ballroom.
The Post published the list on Oct. 15. So far, donors have given more than $330 million, most of it before the demolition, the news outlet reported.
The top donors, all giving $25 million each, include the pro-Israel nonprofit Adelson Family Foundation and tech companies Nvidia and Apple, according to The Hill.
Google donated $22 million through a settlement with Trump over a lawsuit. Palantir, Lockheed Martin and Microsoft each gave $10 million, while Amazon and Meta gave $5 million each.
That’s still hundreds of millions less than the estimated price tag.
One name is missing from the list: Trump himself.
The Post noted that Trump had said he planned to partially fund the project himself. That has not yet happened, according to the report.
When the East Wing was demolished, Trump wrote on social media about how he planned to pay for the ballroom.
“The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly,” the president wrote. “This Ballroom will be happily used for Generations to come!”
Trump has also faced court challenges over the project, but the Supreme Court recently cleared the way for construction to continue for now.
