Trump’s ballroom push keeps colliding with the boring stuff: process, permissions, and public trust
The White House’s ballroom project continued to draw heat on October 13 as critics focused on the administration’s insistence on barreling ahead before the usual preservation and review machinery had run its course. The problem was not merely architectural taste. It was the larger pattern of treating the White House like a personal development site and then acting surprised when people ask who approved the wrecking ball.
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Trump’s ballroom push keeps colliding with the boring stuff: process, permissions, and public trust
The White House’s ballroom project continued to draw heat on October 13 as critics focused on the administration’s insistence on barreling ahead before the usual preservation and review machinery had run its course. The problem was not merely architectural taste. It was the larger pattern of treating the White House like a personal development site and then acting surprised when people ask who approved the wrecking ball.
The White House’s ballroom project continued to draw heat on October 13 as critics focused on the administration’s insistence on barreling ahead before the usual preservation and review machinery had run its course. The problem was not merely architectural taste. It was the larger pattern of treating the White House like a personal development site and then acting surprised when people ask who approved the wrecking …
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