So a privately funded ballroom is being held up by taxpayers dollars? Are you proud of that?
Why would this make me proud? -Seems a funny way to put this.
I have not given this much thought, but like most folks, I often disagree with how government spends taxpayers' dollars. Particularly during this month when I do my taxes. Which as you might guess are high, what with me being a rich old white guy who lives in an exclusive upscale gated community. LOL!
Trump makes up his own rules and sometimes (not often enough) it bites him in the ass. My thought is that he's likely to have considerable experience circumventing building permits and all the other nuisances of real estate development. So, I have little doubt he gave demolishing the East Wing without having the authority to do it a second thought.
If you wanted to add a room to your house, you would need a building permit, which from what I hear is a rigorous, lengthy, and expensive process in California's larger municipalities. It gets even worse when the house is on the historic register. It can sometimes take years to get approval. And if you demolished it so you could rebuild it, you’d be heavily fined.
Trump does not own the White House, he is only a short term, temporary steward of the place. It is a National Historic Landmark managed by the National Park Service. The federal government owns it; thus, it is considered the people’s house and not Trump’s gaudy gold palace to do with as he pleases. Its maintenance is funded by Congress, (tax dollars).
