In Reply to: The destruction of the East Wing... posted by Gainsborough on October 23, 2025 at 15:08:16
President Donald Trump’s willingness to demolish history that gets in the way of his construction plans did not develop just recently with the destruction of the White House East Wing, but rather goes back decades to his building of Trump Tower in New York.
Trump destroyed two famous art deco friezes, reneging on a promise to preserve them, to avoid a slight delay in building his Midtown high-rise in 1980, offering a preview of the promise he made about building a massive ballroom on the South Lawn.