Trump stays on brand, choosing demolition over historical preservation, bypassing the regulatory context by using the shutdown, doing more PR chaos to divert attention from the Epstein matters, and finally, simply lying about whether he’d ‘touch’ the original building.
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President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades. n.pr/4qqpQh6
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— NPR (@npr.org) Oct 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM