That fucker has destroyed the majority of the East Wing....new photo

[Nevilledog]

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Edit to add another picture

Link to tweet

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump is the kind of asshole who never asks for permission

or forgiveness.

[NCDem47]

3. Abuser mentality.

[cbabe]

2. The irony of destroying our history but confederate soldier statues are good history.

[KS Toronado]

36. It's how FASCISTS work!

[Irish_Dem]

4. I guess we are lucky he didn't knock down the entire White House.

[2naSalit]

8. yet.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Good point. It is early days. :(

[BlueKota]

29. He will probably make Maga Lardo the King's

Castle.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Trump is making the White House his castle too.

[FoxNewsSucks]

80. Actually, the "renovations" are just getting started

[Farmer-Rick]

52. That's what you get America for daring

To object to your king with 7 million people coming out against him.

I bet he just recently decided to destroy the whole thing and film it so he can gloat over it. What a pretty historical building you got there. It would be a shame if someone bulldozed big sections of it. Keep protesting me and the whole thing will come down.

[Irish_Dem]

55. Yes of course, Trump is doing this on purpose to torment, torture and cause pain.

He is destroying anything that is important to the American people.
Special, sentimental, a point of pride, etc.

To teach us all a lesson and send a message.

He wants Americans to be quiet, docile, compliant, terrorized.

[YoshidaYui]

61. That's next to be replaced by

Trump Castle

[Irish_Dem]

63. With a big moat to keep out the riffraff.

[yellow dahlia]

66. ...yet.

[DaBronx]

79. Just wait

Mar a lago north is coming, just you wait.

[taxi]

5. Right click on the image and save. It is a matter of time until it gets scrubbed.

'White House East Wing destroyed by Trump' or similar as a file name so it's easy to find when this bullshit is over.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. It's been archived. This is why I constantly preach about the archiving of links and the use...

Of the archive to bypass pay walls.

https://archive.is/20251021212630/

Link to tweet

[littlemissmartypants]

30. 📌 There are several workarounds for paywalls. You will find them here:

It's saved in my journal.
📌 There are several workarounds for paywalls. You will find them here:
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3545226

[taxi]

42. Thanks so much.

Much appreciated.

[littlemissmartypants]

47. My pleasure, taxi. ❤️

[yellow dahlia]

67. Thanks lmsp!

[littlemissmartypants]

73. My pleasure, yellow dahlia. ❤️

[Grim Chieftain]

6. This is a national disgrace

And he is getting away with it! We need to mobilize, surround the White House, OUR house, and demand the destruction stop. He is getting away with every damn thing.

We have to stand up and stop this!

[leftstreet]

7. Trump's guy says approval not needed!

Will Scharf - same guy who hands Trump papers to sign

Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn’t need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

By WILL WEISSERT
Updated 6:40 PM PDT, September 4, 2025


WASHINGTON (AP) — Demolition to build
President Donald Trump’s new ballroom off the East Wing of the White House can begin without approval of the commission tasked with vetting construction of federal buildings, the Trump-appointed head of the panel said Thursday.

Will Scharf, who is also the White House staff secretary, said during a public meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission that the board does not have jurisdiction over demolition or site preparation work for buildings on federal property.

“What we deal with is essentially construction, vertical build,” Scharf said. He called Trump’s promised ballroom “one of the most exciting construction projects in the modern history of” Washington.

He made the comments during the only public meeting of the commission scheduled before crews are expected to break ground on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom likely to greatly alter the look and size of both the White House’s East and West Wings.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ballroom-national-planning-commission-approval-f537fa373705d560a9842b6250aee9ef

[C_U_L8R]

10. He may not need permission but that's not the same as approval.

Trump, whether he acknowledges it or not, is accountable to the people. And I don't know anyone who approves of this vainglorious crap.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

54. Oh, I am sure it is OK with his MAGA shithead cult.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Fyi you can archive a link to shˇtter shˇt.

https://archive.is/20251021212630/

Link to tweet

[blogslug]

22. One can also visit Mr. Geidner's Bluesky account

Where he has posted the exact same thing

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-10-21T20:13:32.290Z

[littlemissmartypants]

25. Until it's deleted. And not everyone wants to give Elon clicks for cash.

There are many people here who refuse to visit Twitter. It's also a hedge against censorship to archive links. Censorship and disinformation are hallmarks of authoritarianism regimes like ours.

Saved in my journal.
📌 There are several workarounds for paywalls. You will find them here:
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3545226

[wiggs]

13. The more outraged the people are, the better he likes it. Demonstrates there are no limits to his power. nt

[Pisces]

14. This fool does not believe he is accountable to anyone. It's beyond disgusting what a grifter we have

in the White House!!

[Initech]

15. Seriously, why does this piece of shit get to make so many permanent changes?

[evolves]

18. Who's going to stop him?

n/t

[chicoescuela]

24. No one it appears

[BlueKota]

44. Sadly this is true.

He has the majority of the SC kneeling before him like scared powerless puppets. They say his every whim is to be followed without question, and they and the Republicans, in the House and Senate don't give a shit, bout the Constitution or We The People.

Maybe there will be an awakening, but as of right now, I don't have a lot of faith it's going to happen. I mean if all those millions of people protesting how the Magats are ruining the country doesn't phase them, I don't know what the hell will.

[RazorbackExpat]

64. Not the tits-on-a-bull Congress,

that's for sure

[Diraven]

16. Someone NEEDS to call out these LIES!

Trump, in July: "It'll be near but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of."

Leavitt, in July: "Nothing will be torn down."

Please, someone in the not-yet-complicit media have the guts to call them on this!

[C Moon]

17. The finished building will be a gold glittery stucco.

[Botany]

19. And guess what was in the East Wing? Something called the East Room.

A room that has hosted many balls.and it was as nice and exquisite.



But it could only sit 200 people.

[yorkster]

40. I thought the East Room was part of the White House proper,

to use a Boston phrase. Yesterday I posted a comment about the East Room being part of the demolition, then corrected as I realized it was the East Wing that was part of the destruction, not the East Room.

Please tell me I'm not wrong. It's bad enough as it is.

[FBaggins]

77. It is

Right next to the green room

[tanyev]

50. Also, no giant throne.

[TommieMommy]

20. That's horrible. Absolutely horrible 😡

[ancianita]

21. This ballroom is his monarchial symbol to the world of his destruction of this democratic government.

The projected cost for Donald Trump's new East Wing ballroom is $250 million, an increase from the initial estimate of $200 million. Construction began with demolition crews tearing down a major part of the East Wing to make way for the new structure.

According to reports, major donors include corporations such as Google (including YouTube), Lockheed Martin, and Carrier. Renderings show a lavish design featuring chandeliers, gilded columns, and large windows. The design is reportedly inspired by the ballroom at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

The project is expected to be completed before the end of Trump's term in January 2029.

When the felon king's term is over this ballroom still won't be finished, But the trump imperial guard will still be posted outside it.

[popsdenver]

27. And it's finished cost

will by FAR exceed the 250 Million re-budgeted cost.......

[ancianita]

56. Likely. The felon luvs to spend other people's money.

Plenty of money for right wing argentinians and ballrooms and military parades and rebuilding the Qatar plane, while killing off health care for his own country.

No one believes his lies anymore.

[popsdenver]

59. I would guess

that after Trump's commission on money donated to build the structure, the tax payers will foot the bill to decorate and furnish it.......

[ancianita]

65. You would be right.

[Nevilledog]

70. We'll pay for the whole damn thing. Donations will be tax deductible.

https://www.mesoscalenews.com/p/were-paying-for-the-white-house-ballroom?utm_campaign=post

*snip*

CBS News, however, confirmed that major donors to the project — like Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, and Google — are routing their donations through the Trust for the National Mall, a non-profit that is supposed to support the National Park Service and protect historical sites.

As a result, each donation qualifies as a federal tax deduction — effectively turning the funding into money that would have otherwise been paid in taxes.

*snip*

[misanthrope]

58. I've yet to see the project that didn't

As sure as the sunrise.

[Solly Mack]

23. ...

[PatSeg]

26. The timing makes it feel almost like some kind of retaliation

for all those protestors and their "No Kings Day". Mr. Thin Skin will show them. God this man could start a nuclear war over his petty vindictiveness.

[popsdenver]

32. Three elderly psychopaths

each with a sizable nuclear arsenal......enough to destroy the world, a thousand times over........what could possibly go wrong????????

Putin.......Trump.......Netenyahu

[PatSeg]

35. Yes, especially if they reach the point

where they are backed against a wall and feel like they have nothing to lose. If they're going down, they will take everyone with them.

[popsdenver]

38. YES !!!!!!!!!!!

The infamous.....*IF I GO, YOU GO* syndrome........Or the........ *I'LL SHOW YOU* syndrome.

[PatSeg]

46. Exactly

They represent madness and pure evil. They're never really happy, so no one else can be either.

[popsdenver]

60. Very common

among Psychopaths, Sadists, and Malignant Narcissists, makes it even scarier yet........

[PatSeg]

72. And it is truly scary how many such people exist

Far more than I would expected.

[Hieronymus Phact]

28. Can't the democrats "make hay" about anything?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

31. Too many Americans are obsessed with sports and glitzy shit.

This ballroom will have the Government dancing with the stars. Sick, but unfortunately this is what America wants. Outrageous food and health/medical costs etc, and the Republicans answer is to cram a ballroom down our throats. (But not the Epstein files!)

[tavernier]

39. The stars???

There are no stars that will go to his events, let alone dance for the organ grinder. If you are referring to the has beens he counts on one hand (we all know their names… kind of), they are only tools to him. He would give his eye teeth for the stars that showed up for Obama and Hillary and Joe and Kamala.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

53. The bottom feeders will flock, especially the reality tv types and people famous for being famous.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. He's just showing love.

The demolition of the White House for PPP* sends several messages.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220737751#post8

*PPP (President Psychopath Pedophile)

[sinkingfeeling]

37. Congratulations, Bastard. You have done what the 9/11 terrorists failed to do.

[Paladin]

41. In prior public comments, trump said this sort of destruction wasn't happening.

Surprise, surprise---he lied.

[Lilithschyld]

43. I literally feel ill. This is chilling.

I'm guessing there will be no end to the havoc.

[Flavin102]

45. Linus "The bulldozers are coming! The bulldozers are coming!"

Since permission is no longer needed to make changes to the white house, I think several bulldozers need to visit Mar Largo.

[MissouriDem47]

48. TACO is getting it prepared

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TACO, is not leaving, he's getting it ready to live there the rest of his useless life.

[BurnDoubt]

49. I hope it's done in time to Convict him for Treason.

Maybe we can call it "Traitors' Hall".
Gilded Guillotine?

[markodochartaigh]

51. As bad as it is,

it is nothing compared to what he has done to the Constitution.

[debsy]

57. We are paying for this shit

We can’t pay air traffic controllers or park rangers but we can pay for this?

Fuck mike Johnson. Fuck John thune. Fuck Donnie dumpster. Fuck all of them, the hideous traitors.

[Picaro]

62. Who is surprised?

I knew he was lying when he said he wouldn’t touch the East Wing just build his conference center “next” to it.

He wants to build a palace. Because he clearly has no intention of ever leaving. This is to be his Versailles (sp?). To go along with his Arc de Trump.

He is a megalomaniac. And a murderer. And a psychopath.

We seem unable to do anything about him. He holds every lever of power including the judiciary.

But then you all know that don’t you?

[NameAlreadyTaken]

68. More bizarre every day...

[JCMach1]

69. Like Katrina pics and Abu Ghraib, this is the beginning

Of DJT's end.

There is power in images that can't be artificed.

[struggle4progress]

71. The Wrecking-Ball Room

[electric_blue68]

74. My jaw, mentally "drops open" everytime I see these pictures. WTF!...

[Joinfortmill]

75. IMPEACH this bastard.

[uponit7771]

76. We'll never get that back

[Bluestocking]

78. There has got to be lots of toxins in that debris

At a minimum asbestos, lead and who knows what. Breathe it in you assholes at the White House.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

81. MaddowBlog-It's not just the facade: Team Trump has wrecked much of the White House's East Wing

By Tuesday afternoon, it appeared obvious that a significant portion of the East Wing has been demolished, the president's earlier vows notwithstanding.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/s-not-just-facade-team-trump-wrecked-much-white-houses-east-wing-rcna239092

As the controversy surrounding the demolition project was growing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that she believed the outrage to be “fake,” because nearly every president has made “modernizations and renovations” during his tenure. But we’re not just talking about modest alterations. Rather, in this instance, we’re talking about bulldozers.

While the news on Monday afternoon indicated that crews had torn down the entrance way to the White House’s East Wing, it became clear a day later that the facade wasn’t the only part of the structure affected. The Washington Post reported:

A demolition job that began Monday with the disappearance of the White House’s eastern entrance advanced Tuesday with the destruction of much of the East Wing, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post and two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the scene.

By Tuesday afternoon, it appeared obvious that a significant portion of the East Wing has been demolished, Trump’s earlier vows notwithstanding.

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-10-21T20:13:32.290Z

.....Of course, those aren’t just partisan complaints: Trump, acting at his own discretion, really is treating the White House as if it were his own personal property.

As we’ve discussed, the symbolic significance is impossible to miss: An authoritarian president is literally tearing down part of a national treasure because he wants a fancy ballroom to host parties for the elite.

The White House has reportedly asked that officials “refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs.” This probably won’t stop images from reaching the public, though the appeal suggests that Team Trump isn’t exactly proud of its handiwork.