Borowitz Report Donald Trump, Demolition Man

[turbinetree]

Donald Trump, Demolition Man

Oct 22, 2025


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Not since the War of 1812 has an enemy of the United States caused this much damage to the White House. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)


Donald Trump’s decision to reduce a major chunk of the White House to rubble is shocking, but not surprising. Shocking, because no other occupant of “The People’s House” ever treated it as if it belonged to him; but not surprising, because the Trump family has a long history of desecrating landmarks.

Trump learned everything he knows about real estate from his father, Fred Trump—and much of what he knows about wanton vandalism. Steeplechase Park was one of the most beloved amusement parks in Coney Island, Brooklyn. In 1966, after Trump’s dad acquired the property (accompanied by nineteen-year-old Donald at the signing ceremony), with plans to demolish it and build residential units, outraged citizens attempted to save it by applying to have it designated as a landmark.

Before Steeplechase’s landmark status could be certified, however, Fred Trump organized a “demolition party” at which he urged a mob to smash the glass facade of the park’s Pavilion of Fun. “Trump sent out engraved invitations and invited people to throw rocks and bricks through the Funny Face—it was a desecration of an icon, it was insane,” Charles Denson, the Coney Island History Project’s executive director, told the Brooklyn Paper. “Most developers are worried about making a profit, most wouldn’t throw a party to desecrate a stained-glass window.”

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/donald-trump-demolition-man

What's really galling is he never asked WE the People............he really is an ass..................

[Vinca]

1. This is not Borowitz's usual satire. It actually happened.

[turbinetree]

2. Yeah he was not doing what he normally does..................he is just as pissed off as everyone else...........

and as for that construction crew from Maryland maybe some protesting would be on the table........just an opinion...........

[CrispyQ]

3. This may backfire. It could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back.

He's already pissed of a lot of groups, so this isn't going to help. The optics are terrible. The younger gen might not mind but I'll bet anyone over 40 is sick or pissed or both at seeing those photos.

BTW, is this a typo? I know they did a lot of damage, but almost $3 billion?

...the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to a report by the General Accounting Office, the January 6 assault resulted in property damage totaling $2.7 billion, a cost to be borne by American taxpayers.

[turbinetree]

4. This a**hole doesn't realize that both FDR and Teddy Roosevelt went and got permission to improve

OUR HOUSE.
I just wonder what he would do besides blow a complete gasket if someone went up to one of his properties and started to just take it down, or to condemn lets say on his properties for using water for golf courses..........

[eppur_se_muova]

5. WOW ... this sounds so much like Robert Moses ... I wonder if they knew each other (seems likely) ...

Moses always said "Once you've driven the first stake, you've won", meaning that it's very hard to interrupt a con/destruction project once it's actually in motion.

Moses destroyed the old New York Aquarium and a row of brownstones dating from the days when NYC was the Capital of the newly independent colonies, and whole neighborhoods full of immigrants ("Little Syria" was one, IIRC). That's not all, it's all I can remember at the moment.