Donald Trump's wrecking ball hits his own movement

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Donald Trump’s wrecking ball hits his own movement
The entire East Wing of the White House is gone — and people are angry

By Sophia Tesfaye
Senior Writer
Published October 25, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) When the demolition crews arrived Monday at the White House, there had been no forewarning. Excavators were spotted razing the East Wing late that afternoon, as much of the nation was still abuzz about President Donald Trump’s reaction to the historic “No Kings” protests.

The rapid pace of transformation and scale of the demolition surprised everyone. Just a few days before, as Trump hosted some of the richest people in America at the White House to secure funding for his project to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, there was no mention of a timeline. And until the bulldozers and backhoes showed up this week, the president had explicitly denied the White House’s structure would be affected.

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Trump “needs to tell the public now what he is doing with the East Wing of the White House. And then tell the public why he didn’t tell them before he started doing it,” frequent Fox News contributor and conservative pundit Byron York posted on X.

“Most controversies are complicated,” observed Howard Kurtz, the longtime Fox News columnist and media critic. “Blowing up the East Wing, after saying it would remain intact, has touched a nerve, destroying a piece of history.”

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“We’re building a ballroom,” Trump said on Monday. They’ve wanted a ballroom for 150 years, and I’m giving that honor to this wonderful place.” But less than half of Republicans polled, 45%, favor Trump’s redesign of the East Wing. The cost of the president’s project, meanwhile, has skyrocketed to $300 million, up threefold from projections in February, when he first declared during a signing ceremony that he’d like to build it for $100 million. ..................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/25/donald-trumps-wrecking-ball-hits-his-own-movement/

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1. He took a wrecking ball to the Constitution, The Rule of Law and the pillars of our govt.

8 million people protested, and he said - I'll show you.

He took a wrecking ball to something physical. He broke something tangible, not just something abstract.

It has felt visceral because it is an assault. I believe Ivana Trump told a story of him raping her.

It is all a violation.

He is a power hungry deranged sadist and he has no constraints. He should be in a facility for the criminally insane, not responsible for running a country.

If the RepugniCONS in Congress don't start doing their job, there will be more.