Donald Trump had already decided to pave the Rose Garden. And add gold finishes to just about everything in the Oval Office. And install a needlessly large flagpole. And rip apart the Lincoln bedroom’s bathroom.
But when the president approved the destruction of the East Wing’s facade, despite earlier promises that his ballroom project wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing mansion, it took the Republican’s campaign to remake the White House to a breathtaking new level.
A couple of weeks after joining his party’s national ticket, then-Sen. JD Vance was eager to ease the minds of voters concerned about Donald Trump and his threats of retaliation. Trump, the future vice president said at the time, is “not a vengeful guy.”
It was bad when President Donald Trump unceremoniously fired Carla Hayden as the Librarian of Congress, the first woman and first African American to be named to the role. But Trump added further insult to injury Monday when he tapped Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as the acting head of the Library of […]
