Donald Trump is facing legal action over the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, part of a $300 million plan to build a new ballroom on the executive grounds.
A Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees, filed an emergency motion in federal court on October 23 seeking to halt the project, alleging that it violates multiple federal preservation and planning laws.
I get this take and am in the same boat. The thing though is that the people who disapprove with trump is about the same as the number that “strongly disapprove” of trump. We have no more loathing to give.
Righting the ship will require breaking through to the disconnected and mildly red.
And the WH destruction is a) not a traditionally partisan issue, b) strongly symbolic, and c) a powerful visual.
So is it the worst thing he’s doing? Not by a mile. Will I be happy if it wakes people up? Vehemently.
Hey, they got Capone on tax fraud