Carol Quillen, #NationalTrust’s CEO said she did not have a “hard objection” to a #WhiteHouse #ballroom — so long as its size, materials & design were consistent with the White House & did not overshadow the main building. It is the National Trust’s job, she said, to preserve #Americanhistory, particularly at the White House, given the building’s iconic status & central role. She noted that the org has also brought legal challenges to past admins’ construction projects.

#Trump #law #EastWing

Carol Quillen, #NationalTrust’s CEO said she did not have a “hard objection” to a #WhiteHouse #ballroom — so long as its size, materials & design were consistent with the White House & did not overshadow the main building. It is the National Trust’s job, she said, to preserve #Americanhistory, particularly at the White House, given the building’s iconic status & central role. She noted that the org has also brought legal challenges to past admins’ construction projects.

#Trump #law #EastWing

"The ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions."

#Trump #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EconomicElites #corruption #PayforPlay
/6

"The ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions."

#Trump #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EconomicElites #corruption #PayforPlay
/6

"If you were watching any of the voter-on-the-street interviews Tuesday, you might have been surprised to hear how many Americans are deeply disturbed, furious even, about Donald Trump’s bulldozing of the White House to make way for a garish $330M donor-paid ballroom."

~ Jen Rubin

#Trump #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EconomicElites #corruption #PayforPlay
/5

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-hideous-symbol-of-maga-corruption

Some #WhiteHouse #ballroom #contractors go underground. ACECO, EAI Rolloff, & McCrery Architects—have abruptly taken their websites offline amid public #backlash, while larger firms like Clark Construction and AECOM remain visible. #Secrecy surrounding Trump’s White House ballroom reveals this isn’t routine #construction. By demolishing the #EastWing to build his personal monument, Trump is literally reshaping seat of American #democracy into stage for his #vanity #power. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-white-house-ballroom-contractors-go-underground/

Some #WhiteHouse #ballroom #contractors go underground. ACECO, EAI Rolloff, & McCrery Architects—have abruptly taken their websites offline amid public #backlash, while larger firms like Clark Construction and AECOM remain visible. #Secrecy surrounding Trump’s White House ballroom reveals this isn’t routine #construction. By demolishing the #EastWing to build his personal monument, Trump is literally reshaping seat of American #democracy into stage for his #vanity #power. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-white-house-ballroom-contractors-go-underground/

"From the East Wing, [Eleanor] Roosevelt expanded the role of first lady, working to highlight women with intention. Her first news conference, on March 6, 1933, featured 35 reporters, all of them women. During her tenure, she held nearly 350 news conferences, helping to elevate the role of women in national and political life, as well as in journalism."

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #FirstLadies
/7

"When bulldozers began to tear down the East Wing of the White House this week to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, historians raised alarms that important American history was being buried in the rubble, including chapters about previous first ladies and their roles uplifting women going back nearly a century."

~ Errin Haines, Amanda Becker

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #FirstLadies
/6

https://19thnews.org/2025/10/east-wing-first-ladies-history-demolished-trump-ballroom/

"A majority of Americans said in a new poll they disapprove of President Trump’s plans to demolish part of the East Wing in the White House to make room for his $250 million ballroom."

~ Sarah Fortinsky

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #ApprovalRating
/2

https://kfor.com/news/53-percent-disapprove-of-white-house-east-wing-demolition-poll/

"In the YouGov America poll, released on Wednesday, 53 percent of Americans said they strongly or somewhat disapprove 'of the decision to demolish part of the East Wing of the White House as part of the renovations,' while 24 percent approved and 24 percent said they are unsure."

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #ApprovalRating
/3

"From the East Wing, [Eleanor] Roosevelt expanded the role of first lady, working to highlight women with intention. Her first news conference, on March 6, 1933, featured 35 reporters, all of them women. During her tenure, she held nearly 350 news conferences, helping to elevate the role of women in national and political life, as well as in journalism."

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #FirstLadies
/7

"When bulldozers began to tear down the East Wing of the White House this week to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, historians raised alarms that important American history was being buried in the rubble, including chapters about previous first ladies and their roles uplifting women going back nearly a century."

~ Errin Haines, Amanda Becker

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #FirstLadies
/6

https://19thnews.org/2025/10/east-wing-first-ladies-history-demolished-trump-ballroom/

"These days, in late October 2025, many of us barely recognize the nation we live in. People suspected of being illegal immigrants are rounded up and shoved into vans, sometimes denied due process. The East Wing of the 'people’s house' – the White House – is being destroyed for an obscene ballroom."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Trump #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites
/5

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/america-tragic-change-2024-election

"- Threatened Argentine voters with consequences if they didn't support Javier Milei
- Said he doesn't care if Congress stays out of session for the rest of the year
- Refused to distribute legally required SNAP benefits to 40 million kids and families"

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia #shutdown #SNAP #food
/8

"In the last 9 days, Trump:

- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"

~ Max Burns

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1982155036168802467.html

"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."

#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/7

"These days, in late October 2025, many of us barely recognize the nation we live in. People suspected of being illegal immigrants are rounded up and shoved into vans, sometimes denied due process. The East Wing of the 'people’s house' – the White House – is being destroyed for an obscene ballroom."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Trump #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites
/5

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/america-tragic-change-2024-election

"It became the center of social and ceremonial life, an essential counterpart to the political and administrative workings of the West Wing. During Trump’s first term, the East Wing stood largely dormant. With it gone, Trump commented that 'it was never thought of as being much,' revealing less about the building than about his indifference to its history."

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #EpsteinBallroom #ApprovalRating
/5