Dan Diamond

It's not new.

This is actually who Donald Trump was before he became a politician.

He was a builder.

He was a real estate guy.

He...

had Trump steaks, Trump planes, Trump TV shows.

I mean, he is a guy who likes his name out there.

The difference is in his second term, even more than in his first, he wants to use the powers of the government to leave a legacy.

And before you know it, Trump's name is on the Kennedy Center here in Washington, D.C.

Trump might have his name or face on currency.

These are very big changes that many Republicans, and I talked to some on the phone today, don't like these changes.

Well, I can't speak to what the president told Jesse Waters, but I do think what you just asked has some truth to it, that President Trump has wanted a presidential ballroom for a long time.

He pitched it during President Obama's administration.

President Obama's advisor, David Axelrod, has, I think, acknowledged that President Trump pitched him on this.

So the current President Trump has in his mind that this is something needed, that other presidents in the future will enjoy it.

It's not lost on him that if he builds it, it might bear his name.

He loves ballrooms.

If you've been to one of his hotels or seen his Mar-a-Lago resort, you know that he has these big gilded ballrooms that the White House ballroom would resemble.

So I do think that's a big piece of it.

There are other factors too, though.