President Trump has responded to Michelle Obama’s latest criticism. In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked about Michelle Obama’s recent criticism over the East Wing’s demolition. Trump responded by bringing the facts. The 47th President shared the East Wing where the new ball room is set to be constructed has been renovated over 20 times throughout the last several decades. Fox News covered Trump’s response to Michelle’s remarks more exclusively: President Donald Trump responded to former first lady Michelle Obama’s criticism of his White House renovation plans in an interview with Laura Ingraham, boasting that the new ballroom replacing the East Wing will be “one of the greatest” in the world. “The East Wing is being spent by private donors. It’s a $250, $300 million building. It’s going to be the most beautiful anywhere in the world,” he said Monday. “They had an event [at the White House] the other day. With tables, they could hold 79 people. Now, if you have President Xi from China, or if you have some big state event, we have no place to have it. You know what they did? …They will put a tent on the lawn. It was a low section because that’s the only section you have… If it rained, you were sitting in six inches of water. It was a disaster.” Trump’s remarks came in response to Ingraham’s question about the former first lady’s recent remarks criticizing his East Wing demolition to embark upon the project, which has drawn ire from a swath of Democratic critics, including Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and others. Obama alleged the move “denigrate[s]” the East Wing, where the first lady’s office traditionally sat, and where the “heart” of her work took place. “When we talk about the East Wing, it is the heart of the work [of a first lady],” she said, according to Vanity Fair. “And to denigrate it, to tear it down, to pretend like it doesn’t matter, it’s a reflection of how you think of that role.” She also took a swipe at Trump for demolishing the East Wing during an NBC appearance. “There’s no guidebook,” Obama said of the challenges of being first lady. “There’s barely a staff. Now we don’t have a building,” she added. Acknowledging broader criticism from those who insist on the building’s historical value, Trump pointed to prior renovations made to the East Wing. “That building was renovated 20 times, including adding a floor to the top, which was terrible,” he said. Watch Trump here: Laura Ingraham asks President Trump about the White House Ballroom and what First Lady Melania thinks after criticism from Michelle Obama pic.twitter.com/dlUZzjPPas — FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) November 11, 2025 The Huff Post reported more on Michelle’s original remarks: Michelle Obama ripped President Donald Trump’s renovation of the White House’s East Wing, saying it’s a “reflection” of how he feels about the role of the first lady in the administration. “When we talk about the East Wing, it is the heart of the work,” Obama said Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House, according to Vanity Fair. “And to denigrate it, to tear it down, to pretend like it doesn’t matter — it’s a reflection of how you think of that role.” She continued, “Whether the West Wing understood it or not, I used to tell them: All the stuff we do on the East Wing, from the clothes I wear to [family dogs] Bo and Sunny to Malia and Sasha and grandma, those were five extra approval points that he got, because we provided a balance.” While promoting her new book, “The Look,” which chronicles her style evolution, the Brooklyn event also doubled as a live taping of Obama’s podcast, “IMO,” with actor Tracee Ellis Ross as the show’s co-host. In the past, the White House’s East Wing has housed the office of the first lady and her staff. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter was the first to have an office in the East Wing.