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Miles Archer

(24,308 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:02 AM Oct 2025

Author 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 building’s history, the president’s first concern was reportedly how to keep its potential destruction hidden from the public.

“[Trump] said—this was given to me as a quote—he 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/

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Author Michael Wolff: Trump wanted to "hide" East Wing destruction..."can we do the demolition at night?" (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2025 OP
Pretty much what happened, didn't it. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #1
Yeah, no one is going to notice if we tear it down at night. chicoescuela Oct 2025 #2
What an insipid, stupid fucking shitbag Stacey Grove Oct 2025 #3
"We should roll it out to America with pageantry, fanfare, and patriotic retrospectives of Americana" unblock Oct 2025 #4
Why? kentuck Oct 2025 #5
So basically, he wants to hide his misdeeds from public view, just like he has the Government hiding the Epstein files. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #6
Trump had to ask someone? Why not just order it leftstreet Oct 2025 #7
Vandals and arsonists do their best work at night dalton99a Oct 2025 #8
Well he's successfully disappeared people, B.See Oct 2025 #9
He's such a POS Jbraybarten Oct 2025 #10

unblock

(56,261 posts)
4. "We should roll it out to America with pageantry, fanfare, and patriotic retrospectives of Americana"
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:54 AM
Oct 2025

"Nah, let's roll it out like 9/11! That was great marketing!"

kentuck

(115,620 posts)
5. Why?
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:30 AM
Oct 2025

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)
6. So basically, he wants to hide his misdeeds from public view, just like he has the Government hiding the Epstein files.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:53 AM
Oct 2025

This is why convicted felons should not be in seats of power, or in Trump's case, a king.

leftstreet

(41,248 posts)
7. Trump had to ask someone? Why not just order it
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:29 AM
Oct 2025

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?

B.See

(8,856 posts)
9. Well he's successfully disappeared people,
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:39 AM
Oct 2025

data, statistics, records, Black history, government agencies, science, facts

and TRUTH...

guess he figured he'd disappear that as well.

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