Clipped Wing

“As roaring machinery tore down one side of the White House, President Trump acknowledged on Wednesday that he was having the entire East Wing demolished to make way for his 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a striking expansion of a project that is remaking the profile of one of the nation’s most iconic buildings.” NYT (Gift Article): Trump Is Wasting No Time in Tearing Down the East Wing. (Reality is clear enough. We really didn’t need the metaphor.)

+ Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google are among the many companies who donating cash for this ballroom project. I’m guessing they didn’t realize they’d be forever associated with the demolition of the East Wing (and a lot more).