Wrecking the People’s House


The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for Trump’s US$200mil ballroom. — Alex Kent/The New York Times

IT was a breezy, bright and autumnal Wednesday in Washington – the perfect backdrop for a stroll to the White House to watch the swift demolition of the East Wing.

I heard it before I saw it: the thrum of construction equipment and a loud rat-tat-tat that could have been digging or drilling.

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