Jesse Watters says the White House ballroom is necessary so “people like us” can attend state dinners
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From the November 12, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Five
LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY (CO-HOST): So, Jesse, why does the White House need a ballroom?
JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): To accommodate state dinners, and to accommodate your friends. Think about it. If you can only accommodate about 137 people at a dinner inside, that means we're not invited. But when you expand the ballroom to accommodate 1900 people, people like us on the periphery might get invited to state dinners. It's a natural thing. Everybody's always wanted it. Even the chief usher, longest serving of all time, has said of course, every president considers this their house and every president has complained they don't have a ballroom. So, it's not even an issue.