Napoleon Strikes Again: Ballroom Boredom Tips Off A Bleak Picture for Political Ruling Class

Ten years of “Orange Man Bad” and “Disregard for Institutions” just doesn’t land anymore on an electorate that wants America to be put first by those who love to be on camera.

If the usual talking heads were trying to sell me on a permanent government shutdown, they’ve made their case loud and clear. With a diminished stream of drama, requiring hundreds of astroturfed “No Kings” rallies to keep alive at all, media and politicians alike have to come up with something to keep their brainwashed masses engaged in the constant turmoil of U.S. political life.

They can’t cover things that would paint the administration in a good light, such as this weekend’s peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, or the continued success of reuniting millions of foreigners with their families in faraway lands, so someone had to figure out which angle to drive home nonstop as Americans start winding down the 2025 year. The person in charge of making that outrage pick this month threw a dart that stuck right on:

New White House ballroom.

Tens of millions of Americans suffering from a left-wing mental state are now being flooded with round-the-clock messaging convincing them that any future family members, or perhaps newly arriving immigrants, will be unable to stand at the center point of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and peer through the security fence to see the famous residence of the most important office holder in the world and get that must-have photo from a trip to our nation’s capital.

Here is an accurate depiction of what is being demolished to make way for a privately funded ballroom, which is the latest in a long line of presidential alterations to the White House complex:

For your convenience and emotional needs if you wish to share this article with your men’s group or Sunday school friends, I have blacked out some of the crass descriptive language found in the graphic above, which correctly identifies (in the bottom right corner) which portion of the complex is being demolished to make way for the new addition.

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What the Outrage Means

Bowling alleys, basketball courts, and swimming pools are completely okay, but a ballroom for putting on celebrations or hosting foreign dignitaries is most certainly unacceptable - at least in the eyes of those who consider the President a “king,” which is perhaps one of the dumbest concepts the anti-Trump left has conceived of since the man became a political figure over a decade ago.

Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who puts on the moderate look every six years, called the demolition effort and subsequent construction of the ballroom a “wrecking ball to our democracy.” Remember, friends, it’s only a real democracy if the Democrats are winning, and if they’re losing, it’s either Russian interference, collusion of some sort, or the ultimate projection - Republicans stealing the races:

As I wrote in May:

What is most clear, however, is that it is only democracy when Democrats win. When Republicans win by having more votes than Democrats have ballots, at least in the modern sense of elections, it must be:

• Fascism

• Hatred

• Racism

• Misogyny

• Privilege

• Collusion

• Not Democracy

My father loved history, and one of his favorite lessons to pass on to me was Napoleon’s famous strategic quote, which I’ve shared in this newsletter many times:

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Like it or not, and cite minor parties if you must, but Americans make binary choices in elections these days, and have overwhelmingly done so for the past three decades since Perot packed up shop and left the political scene. Americans care about these issues:

• Standard of living, to include the economy, job growth, increasing wealth, affordable housing, and having some disposable income

• How we use our military, and avoiding senseless conflicts or alliances that don’t benefit the United States

• Controlling borders, removing illegals, and making legal immigration work for Americans instead of the other way around

• Bringing jobs back to the United States, which too many still don’t understand takes time and a little bit of growing pain

• Actively combatting corruption, ending the two-tiered justice system, and establishing processes that are fair, transparent, and work for the average American (you can put elections into this boat)

• Making sure kids aren’t being brainwashed by mindless idiots who learn everything on TikTok and think you should grow up to reject everything you’ve been taught

• Being left alone to enjoy freedoms and rights

That’s it.

You know what they absolutely don’t care about? Ballrooms.

There are two ways to win politically. The first is to be less bad than your opponent, which is why Texas Republicans continually win statewide races. It’s not that they’re great, or even good. In fact, the remnants of the Bush faction are still deeply embedded in Texas GOP life, and if it weren’t for legions of Baptists opposing abortion and supporting gun rights, Texas would look like former swing state Florida did for three decades preceding its Republican renaissance (thank the Cubans, Venezuelans, and northeast transplants). The focus on ballrooms will help less bad politicians win close races.

The second way is the way to go, and it is to not fail forward. It is to present a clearly superior product, platform, and capacity to deliver than Democrat subversives and Vichy Republicans can bring to the table. We need more “here is why I’m better” candidates with a track record of success than we need Indiana Republicans, who lack the balls to combat California (and soon Virginia) in their efforts to siphon close U.S. House seats.

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Conclusion

The party registration figures I post here every single month tell you clearly which way the political winds are blowing long term. They don’t guarantee wins in special elections or off-year races like the ones we are about to have in Virginia and New Jersey, but they should give you a preview of what the political landscape looks like for the next decade, or even longer. There will be setbacks, as shown by the near certainty of Mamdani’s coming takeover of New York City:

Polymarket odds for NYC Mayoral Election (Cuomo upset would be a huge payoff)

The enemy, a much larger entity than just “Democrats,” is making a huge mistake in focusing on White House renovations when Americans are partly satisfied, and still partly hoping for a wholesale change in America’s approach to the rest of the world. This is an opportunity to blow the doors off (peacefully) the existing political class of elites and chart a whole new future, if we will seize the opportunity afforded to us by the professional grifting class. While Ruben Gallego cries that this new ballroom makes Trump look like Marie Antoinette, I suppose, if patriots play their cards right, this could be the Waterloo of the political class.

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Seth Keshel, MBA, is a former Army Captain of Military Intelligence and Afghanistan veteran. His analytical method of election forecasting and analytics is known worldwide, and he has been commended by President Donald J. Trump for his work in the field.