Shame the Hell on Us!

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

On Monday of this week America learned that the current tenant of OUR White House had begun destroying the East Wing of that structure, something he had vowed in July not to do.  In fact, Trump said in July that the none of the existing White House would be touched during the addition of his vanity ballroom.

Trump, of course, lied, aa he often does.

Not only was the East Wing of the White House "touched" by demolition equipment on Monday, just five days ago, but in five days time it has been completely knocked down and is now just piles of rubble.  This is Friday morning and news reports are saying that the East Wing has been completely obliterated!   

One five-day workweek and it's gone!  It took Hitler's Blitzkrieg over five weeks (including weekends) to roll over Poland! 

And preparations for this extraordinary measure were apparently top secret.  Were there any reports over the past few weeks of offices in the East Wing being cleared of furniture, files, historical artifacts, and personal and office effects of the dozens of people who worked there?   None that I heard - and I keep up with the news fairly well.

America learned of this travesty on Monday morning with no forewarning.  The big machinery rolled in and the walls came tumbling down.

The new structure, basically a gilded Walmart with chandeliers, has not even received official approval.  Of course, now with the gaping hole where the East Wing used to be, something will be needed to replace it, a fact which should goose the approval process right along.  Trump, the property developer, knows the ins and outs, ethical and otherwise, of getting building projects approved.

Presidential mouthpiece Karoline Leavitt made two very interesting and revealing statements yesterday.  At a press conference after noting that "the President is a builder at heart,"  his flack went on to say "At this point the ballroom is really the President's main priority."   That is, of course, while "his" peace plan for Gaza is rapidly unraveling, he is again firing up a trade war with Canada, and he refuses to become involved in ending the US government shutdown.   Keep it classy, Donbo, focus on those tile samples and paint charts!

The other concerning statement to come from the mouth of Karoline Leavitt was that Trump's power in screwing with our national monuments may have no limits.  She told the same press conference that the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approves all government construction in the District of Columbia, but that an old legal opinion says the same commission does not have control over demolition.  Leavitt was asked more than once if that meant Trump could tear down any government building he chose,  including, as an example, the Jefferson Memorial.  Instead of saying flat out "no," she kept artfully dodging the question and referring back to the legal opinion whereby demolition of buildings was not in the NCPC's purview.

And Trump, of course, is never one to back away from a challenge or be swayed by the public interest - and the grounds around the Jefferson Memorial would nake for a couple of beautiful golf greens.

A report by Josh Gerstein in Politico this morning reveals that a Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees, have gone to court seeking a restraining order to stop Trump's destruction of the East Wing of THEIR house, of MY house, of OUR house.  but, of course, that mule has already left the barn.  That's why all of that secrecy was so important - to keep the pesky courts out of the loop.

Donald Trump is operating on the edge of the law and outside of the bounds of human decency - and WE are letting it happen!  Shame the hell on US for being so damned complacent!

No ballroom!

No Arc de Trump!

And, release the damned Epstein files!