The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House's East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials said, part of a ballroom project championed by President Trump.

“Mr. Trump said Wednesday that the ballroom will cost $300 million — up from the $200 million figure that White House officials initially cited.”

Fuck it by this time tomorrow its gonna be $400 million if not $500.

  • despite_velasquez@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    What Trump is doing makes a lot of sense. It’s just standard iconoclasm.

    Authoritarian regimes routinely destroy historical monuments to erase a past they oppose, promote their own ideology, and control national identity.