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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAuthor Michael Wolff: Trump wanted to "hide" East Wing destruction..."can we do the demolition at night?"
They had a meeting and they said, Listen, it really would be much cheaper and faster just to tear down the East Wing, Wolff said, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Rather than weigh the consequences of erasing the 123-year-old buildings history, the presidents first concern was reportedly how to keep its potential destruction hidden from the public.
[Trump] saidthis was given to me as a quotehe said, F---. But can we do the demolition at night?, Wolff told co-host Joanna Coles.
So the idea would be, Washington would wake up and the East Wing would have evaporated, Coles said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ordered-secret-east-wing-teardown-in-f-word-rant-michael-wolff/
travelingthrulife
(5,572 posts)Everyone involved need to go to jail.
chicoescuela
(3,198 posts)What a dumbfuck
Stacey Grove
(156 posts)unblock
(56,261 posts)"Nah, let's roll it out like 9/11! That was great marketing!"
kentuck
(115,620 posts)Because he knows it is a deadly issue for him. Are you listening Democrats? People do not want their White House torn down. Do not accept it as just another Trumpian act. It is treasonous and he knows it. These are the types of issues that win elections.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,245 posts)This is why convicted felons should not be in seats of power, or in Trump's case, a king.
leftstreet
(41,248 posts)He's cutting SNAP, killing people on boats, sending Guard troops around...but he can't say "No! Do it at night."
Who's really in charge?
dalton99a
(95,248 posts)B.See
(8,856 posts)data, statistics, records, Black history, government agencies, science, facts
and TRUTH...
guess he figured he'd disappear that as well.
Jbraybarten
(282 posts)
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