A Philadelphia district attorney said he can't wait to take home a piece of Donald Trump's renovated White House ballroom after it's blown up.
Larry Krasner, a Democratic prosecutor who's received substantial financial backing from billionaire George Soros, made the wild claim during the 24th annual slavery commiseration on Tuesday.
Krasner got on stage in front of a crowd of people at the President's House in Old City - the historic mansion where George Washington and John Adams lived - and started to bash Trump over his recent decision to make a major change to the property.
Last month, the Trump administration replaced an exhibit on slavery at the President's House with a revised version that has more emphasis on the mansion and Washington himself than on the history of slavery in the Pennsylvania city.
During the event, Krasner called Trump 'a pain in the a**' and the 'embodiment of hate, the embodiment of ignorance, and the embodiment of depriving people of their vote and education.'
He then shared that people will keep visiting the President's House year after year, but the new ballroom won't be something people flock to.
'But let me tell you what will not be here. There will not be a ballroom. There will not be a ballroom. There will not be a Kennedy Center renamed for a fool. That will not be happening.
'What is going to be happening is that in about 10 to 15 years, we are all going to be sitting here with smiles on our faces because we, thanks to Michael and all of you, will have won. They will have lost.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he can't wait for the day Donald Trump's renovated White House ballroom blows up so he can take a 'paperweight' from the destruction
Renovations on the ballroom are continuing as Trump has insisted this will be a safer option to host presidential events, especially following the many attempts on his life since starting his second White House term
And I'm going to have a paperweight sitting on my desk. And do you know what that paperweight's going to be? It's going to be a piece of the ballroom after we blow it up,' he told the joyous crowd.
An audience member was then heard screaming, 'I want a piece,' as Krasner continued with his plan.
'In an official, official ceremony, just so we're clear! In an official ceremony, we're going to blow it up, and we're going to give the taxpayers their money back by selling all the pieces as paperweights, and I will have one on my desk,' he ended his rant.
The Supreme Court paused renovations on the White House ballroom, but judges recently said construction is temporarily allowed to continue on the project.
The vision behind the ballroom, according to Trump, is that large-scale official gatherings and state visits can be held there.
Trump has insisted this will be a safer option to host presidential events, especially following the many attempts on his life since starting his second White House term.
The White House hit out at Krasner after hearing his comments about the ballroom.
'President Trump continues to implement long-overdue and necessary renovations to beautify the People’s House as we approach our great Nation’s 250th anniversary of independence,' officials told Fox News Digital.
Construction progress was made on the ballroom on Wednesday in Washington DC
'Thanks to the Builder-in-Chief, the White House will be properly glorified and remain in excellent condition for generations to come.
'Only people who suffer from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome would find a problem with that.'
Meanwhile, Trump is also in the process of trying to take control of the Kennedy Center - a national cultural center dedicated to former President John F. Kennedy.
He first had his name added to the exterior of the memorial in December, but after a judge ruled the renaming was illegal, Trump's name was ordered to be taken down.
But this month, a board voted again to add a modified inscription of Trump's name to the building.
The Trump administration has since argued that the Kennedy Center will lose donor money if the president's name is removed from the building and the 'decrepit' cultural center may be 'required to be taken down.'
Trump is also in the process of trying to take control of the Kennedy Center - a national cultural center dedicated to former President John F. Kennedy
The argument stemmed from a court filing late Monday on the long-running saga over whether the president's name can be added to the cultural institution and venue meant to honor Kennedy after his assassination.
If allowed to deteriorate further, they continued, the Kennedy Center 'will be required to be taken down, with a determination to follow on what to build on the site.'
That could be an outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Potomac River, they said, adding that it would 'fail to adequately honor President John F Kennedy' but would be easier to build and maintain.
