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IcyPeas

(24,493 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:06 PM Tuesday

Look what this muthafucker says about the destruction of the East Wing

From NY Magazine... article is free for a limited time (it says)

Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.

In July, Trump promised the project “won’t interfere with the current building. … It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”

But that same month, the White House put out a press release that said, “The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits.”

So understandably, people were caught off-guard when they saw a backhoe tearing through the outer façade of the East Wing on October 20.

And while federal law says the National Capital Planning Commission must vet even relatively minor construction and renovation projects at the White House, the project has not been submitted to the board.

That may sound kind of illegal, and indeed experts have alleged that the White House is violating federal law by moving forward with the ballroom project. But Trump-appointed National Capital Planning Commission chair Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.


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Look what this muthafucker says about the destruction of the East Wing (Original Post) IcyPeas Tuesday OP
I'm sick of him and his team of idiots vent on skirting our laws and institutions. 🤬 Deuxcents Tuesday #1
GOP voters have ruined America Johonny Tuesday #2
After Dema take control, they can name it the Obama Ballroom. Sneederbunk Tuesday #3
I doubt Obama would want his name associated with that abomination. nt Wednesdays Tuesday #4
They can name it the Obama Memorial Ballroom Demolition JoseBalow Wednesday #5

Johonny

(24,920 posts)
2. GOP voters have ruined America
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:22 PM
Tuesday

Trump and his leech farm are sucking us dry and they don't give a shit. The country is fucking over. A lot of people don't know it, but the protests this weekend show, a fucking whole lot know we're forked.

JoseBalow

(8,792 posts)
5. They can name it the Obama Memorial Ballroom Demolition
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:21 AM
Wednesday

as they tear it down to restore the East Wing to it's original pre-drumpf condition.

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