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first Lady melania trump Privately expressed uneasiness about the President donald trumpThere are plans to demolish the east wing of white House To make way for its lavish new ballroom, according to a report.
The President’s wife “expressed concerns about tearing down the East Wing” and “told aides it was not her project” when asked about the massive redevelopment, wall street journal reportsCiting unnamed administration officials.
Independent has reached out to the White House for comment. Spokesman Davis Ingle said WSJ: “President Trump is a builder at heart. Make no mistake: the newly upgraded East Wing and brand new ballroom will make the People’s House even more useful and beautiful for future generations of presidents and Americans.”
Due to Trump’s latest luxury real estate venture, which could cost as much as $350 million by his own estimate widespread panic Last week, many people were shocked to find piles of destroyed drywall, broken windows, insulation, wires, debris and debris on the lawn of 1600 Pennsylvania.
former first lady Hillary ClintonFor one, went to X to condole the devastation, Comment: “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
The current first lady has made no public statement about the demolition of the wing, which has served as a base for presidential spouses since the Jimmy Carter administration, even though the move means gutting her own team’s office space.
Her silence is perhaps not surprising, given that Melania has been an even more distant figure in her second term than during her husband’s first. Only 14 days out of his first 100 days in Washington, D.C., according to the new York TimesPrefers to live in New York City or Palm Beach.
He has also reduced the number of his staff this time and by July it has been reduced to only five full-time members. Amid the turmoil, his staff has been transferred to other office space on the White House grounds while construction continues, according to an official. Cited by CNN,
The first lady’s office and social office – which is responsible for major events at the White House – have been temporarily relocated inside the executive mansion, which has been divided into the Vermeil Room, South Mezzanine, Library and China Room, the official said.
Other departments moved out of the East Wing were moved to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, including the White House Military Office, the Calligrapher’s Office, the White House Visitors’ Office, and the Office of Legislative Affairs.
“Watching the destruction is the physical embodiment of watching the First Lady’s role become even smaller,” first Lady Author Kate Anderson Browder has this to say in response to the project and Melania’s silence about it. “She’s making it clear that – like her husband – she’s not going to be like any other first lady… She doesn’t even care about historical precedent.”
MSNBC columnist Hayes Brown has caution If the current arrangement becomes permanent, it would be “a retrograde step that would virtually take the office of the First Lady away from the office and back into the home. It would be the least on-brand decision from a White House that has sharply rolled back women’s rights and empowerment for decades.”
Trump himself has long dreamed of building a 90,000-square-foot entertainment venue at the White House and raised Grant From companies like Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, HP, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, T-Mobile, and Union Pacific Railroad to help him make it happen.
According to his predecessor, his ambitions for the project date back to at least 2010 Barack Obamatop strategist david axelrodWho recently recalled the moment he called Trump that year, when the businessman was still best known as the host of NBC. learnerOffer to do construction work.
“He said, ‘You have these state dinners in little tents,'” Axelrod recalled. “He said, ‘I build ballrooms. I build the most beautiful ballrooms in the world. You can come to Florida and see for yourself.’
“I was thinking, we’re in the middle of a recession, I’m not sure about that,” the adviser added, suggesting that Trump contact Obama’s social secretary. This relationship ultimately never materialized.