# The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774 "2024-11-06T09:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2486
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2486 "2025-10-23T15:29:15Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > People seems to think they are demolishing the entire East Wing, while WaPo says it is just the facade. > > People was right: > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/east-wing-white-house-demolition-trump.html?smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/east-wing-white-house-demolition-trump.html?smid=url-share) > > > The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. > > > > The tear-down should be finished by this weekend, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the plans. Trump is doing to the White House what the fourth plane on 9/11 was possibly intended to do. The brave passengers on United Flight 93 prevented the attack. And then the Orange Peril was elected. Besides destroying the East Wing, he’s also turned the Oval Office into a garish display of gilded tastelessness. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774)._