Texas, amplified Collins' claim on X (archived), and similar claims spread across Instagram, Threads and Facebook (archived here, here and here). Other social media users alleged (archived here and here) that Obama personally spent $370 million in taxpayer money on the renovation project.

Trump administration responds to ballroom criticism by posting White House timeline that includes cocaine discovery, Muslim Brotherhood visit and Clinton scandal.

Does a photo show demolition done to the White House by Barack Obama to install an indoor basketball court? No, that's not true: A black and white photo shows the West Wing expansion project conducted by President Franklin Roosevelt

Obama, a keen basketball player, adapted an existing outdoor tennis court at the White House for basketball by adding hoops and lines.

Fox News and MAGA defenders are trying to equate Trump demolishing the East Wing with Obama adapting the White House tennis court into a basketball court.

A Republican congressman was fact-checked for suggesting that former President Barack Obama had demolished parts of the White House to build a basketball court.President Donald Trump has provoked outrage by ordering the demolition of the East Wing to build a $250 million gilded ballroom that would

Karoline Leavitt appeared to put words into Barack Obama’s mouth while defending Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House to build his gaudy new ballroom. The White House press secretary dismissed the anger and concern over the destruction of the historic building for Trump’s $250 million vanity project,

Demolition of parts of the East Wing of the White House and construction of the new ballroom have meant tours have been suspended for about two months.