Less than 24 hours after suffering historic party losses in the US midterm elections , Donald Trump gathered reporters and network TV cameras at the White House to congratulate his team.

“The whole thing is a miracle, and it’s all because of you,” the US president said into a microphone on Wednesday afternoon.

He was not referring to the blue wave that swept the country as Democrats retook control of the US Congress, but his controversial White House ballroom.

Standing on the construction site on Wednesday, the US president boasted about the ballroom ’s “magnificent” columns carved out of limestone, 50ft-high ceilings, ability to hold more than 300 guests, heavy-set beams, “drone-proof” roof, thick marble floors and military-grade bunker.

He went into great detail about the construction of the ballroom, seemingly teasing the fact that it would open soon.…