Trump Bizarrely Comments on White House Remodel After Saying There's 'Nothing Boring' About Military Strike in Iran

Donald Trump made a totally unexpected transition in a speech after insisting that there was “nothing boring” about his military action in Iran.

The 79-year-old president made a reference to a joint military strike that the United States is carrying out with Israel in the Middle East while participating in a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday (March 2).

While discussing how much time he’d need to finish what was started over the weekend, Trump offered a shifting timeline, saying that experts “projected four to five weeks” but adding, “We have capability to go far longer than that.”

He also implied that the strike was ahead of schedule and said that he’d heard people claim he wanted to take care of the situation “really quickly” otherwise he would “get bored.”

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“I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this. Do you agree with that, Pete?” he asked, seemingly addressing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom he also seemingly referred to as “Mr. General.”

Trump continued, saying, “I think there’s nothing boring about it. Somebody actually said from the media, ‘I think you’ll get bored after about a week or two.’ No. We don’t get bored. I never get bored. If I got bored, I wouldn’t be standing here right now.”

After briefly thanking service members for their dedication, Trump shifted focus to heaping praise on the White House and his controversial remodels.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” he asked the assembled audience. “We’re adding on to the building a little bit. We’re improving the building.”

Gesturing behind himself, he pointed at gold drapery that hid the construction of a new ballroom that the president decided to add to the historic building.

“See that nice drape? When that comes down right now, you see a very, very deep hole. But in about a year and a half from now, you’re going to see a very, very beautiful building,” he said. “And there’s your entrance to it, right there. In fact, it looks so nice, I don’t think I’ll even… I think I’ll save money on the doors because it can’t get more beautiful than that. I picked those drapes in my first term. I always like gold, but I think we can save a lot of money.”

He added, “I just saved curtains.”

Swearing that the ballroom would be “spectacular,” Trump said that he would know since he’s “built many a ballroom.”

However, at the moment, he made it clear that first lady Melania Trump wasn’t thrilled with the ongoing renovations.

“And when you hear all that hammering out there, you know why the first lady is not thrilled? Exactly. She said, ‘Will the pile drivers ever stop?’ You know, they go from 6 in the morning ’till 11:30 in the evening.”

Trump said that his wife wasn’t a fan. But he thought the hammering was “a beautiful sound.”

“When I hear that sound, that beautiful sound behind me, it means money. So, I like it. But my wife isn’t thrilled thrilled. She said, ‘This is getting crazy.’ I said, ‘Don’t worry about it. We’ll be all finished up in a few months.’ ”

Trump also generated headlines when he referenced the deaths of United States service members following his action in Iran.