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Washington Post editorial board praises
Trump’s demolition of East Wing

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 10/26/2025 8:08:22 PM

The Washington Post editorial board praised President Trump’s controversial demolition of the East Wing of the White House. “The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification. In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere,” the Post’s editorial board said in an opinion piece published Saturday. Destruction of the East Wing was completed last Thursday, with excavators first spotted the Monday before the demolition.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: crashnburn 10/26/2025 10:04:16 PM (No. 2021986)
The DemoRoids can protest all they want, but it seems to be a fait accomplished.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JimBob 10/26/2025 10:08:54 PM (No. 2021988)
So the Lamestreams had no idea what was going on until the machines were shipped in on Monday, then the East Wing was gone on Thursday? I am slightly surprised that no-one is watching for Invitations for Bids or Requests for Proposals, which are typically advertised so that various companies can bid on doing the work.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: qr4j 10/26/2025 10:26:03 PM (No. 2021992)
The WH needs a place to hold large events. Seriously! Guests should not be dressed to the nines and having to walk around in a tent.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Birddog 10/26/2025 11:21:05 PM (No. 2022012)
Good, well paying Union Jobs...with dignity...and likely a 1;4 apprentice/journeyman ratio bring new/young people into the trades. (Some years back I worked briefly on the Ball Room at the Whitehouse, I was one of only 7 people federally certified in a certain outdated craft, replication of ornate plaster mouldings on National Register Historic structures. It was just a fairly minor repair job, they contracted for a week, I had it done in 3 days, and people went nuts! I had to stay and stretch it out for a full 7 days, just checking moisture meters and acting like I was doing touchups...it had taken 3 years of planning and permitting to get the contract approved through all the red tape.The pay was GOOD! Particularly in that the company I had been working for on another project offered to continue to pay me THERE as well, as long as I made sure they were mentioned in the paperwork, and could use some of the photos in their sales packages. I'd be sorely tempted to come out of retirement if I get a call to work on this project)
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 10/26/2025 11:26:52 PM (No. 2022013)
Sane, fair reporting from the Washington Post is something that I never would have imagined happening.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LLAMA 10/27/2025 6:46:53 AM (No. 2022071)
The WH is an old early 19th century building, and the 'working' areas especially are totally inadequate for the most powerful nation in the world. The ballroom is a much needed addition for the appropriate pomp and ceremony events, but much more needs to be done to the building to add to its functionality. All can be done while preserving the iconic facade of the building.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: czechlist 10/27/2025 7:46:08 AM (No. 2022091)
#3 Having a formal event in a tent and having to use a port-a-potty in a tux or gown.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 10/27/2025 8:29:49 AM (No. 2022116)
This is HUGE. The WaPo defied the usual suspects and made the right choice. The Ballroom will be a nice addition to the White House once the leftist loons forget who was behind it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: crashnburn 10/27/2025 8:57:30 AM (No. 2022126)
#8, No criticism, but IMHO, Leftist Loon is redundant.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 10/27/2025 11:15:05 AM (No. 2022185)
IMHO, NIMBYs are the DMV's biggest pains in the butt. You can't propose any project without them crawling out of their hidey holes to wail away about how Armageddon will occur if the proposal goes through. As a result, little gets accomplished here. It does my heart good whenever they do take one in the pants.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: LeeBertie 10/27/2025 12:18:05 PM (No. 2022212)
If a tent was good enough for bammy and the vegetable, blah, blah, blah.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: coldoc 10/27/2025 6:49:01 PM (No. 2022395)
My memory is a little fuzzy, but years ago (under zero?) there was a large and secret excavation/construction project done. Is that under this project or somewhere else? What was it?
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