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BumRushDaShow

(163,499 posts) Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:09 AM Oct 22

Historic preservation group asks Trump admin. to pause White House East Wing demolition where ballroom will be

Source: CBS News

Updated on: October 22, 2025 / 8:56 AM EDT


The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to further the historic preservation policy in the U.S., has written a letter urging the Trump administration to pause the demolition of the East Wing of the White House until a review of President Trump's ballroom plans is completed.

The letter, sent Tuesday and addressed to the National Capital Planning Commission, National Park Service and Commission of Fine Arts, voices concern about the size of the ballroom annex — that "the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself."

The Trust has no statutory authority to compel the Trump administration to halt construction.

"We respectfully urge the Administration and the National Park Service to pause demolition until plans for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public review processes, including consultation and review by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, and to invite comment from the public," it says.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/historic-preservation-group-ballroom-white-house/


Link to LETTER - National Trust Letter Regarding Proposed Construction of the White House Ballroom

Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://savingplaces.org/letter-to-ncpc-re-proposed-construction-of-white-house-ballroom


It's too late. You are watching this nation's legacy, figuratively, and now literally, being torn to shreds.

They were warned.

I really think that half of the people who are even partially paying attention, are paralyzed, mouths agape, like deer in headlights.
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Historic preservation group asks Trump admin. to pause White House East Wing demolition where ballroom will be (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 22 OP
Kinda late for that calguy Oct 22 #1
Oh, it can be reconstructed. We have experts who can do that. I think Trump should Baitball Blogger Oct 22 #5
Good idea. littlemissmartypants Oct 22 #11
He'll use that National Trust letter for toilet paper. Paladin Oct 22 #2
I think the Constitution is on softer paper. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 22 #8
I just assumed the Constitution was already used and flushed. (nt) Paladin Oct 22 #9
For Gawd's sake stop, you classless clueless greedhead republican liars Champp Oct 22 #3
A bit late. bamagal62 Oct 22 #4
The time to have done that was before he bulldozed part of the white house. Autumn Oct 22 #6
And in reply: usonian Oct 22 #7
Too late. Katinfl Oct 22 #10
Bless their hearts. littlemissmartypants Oct 22 #12
They still believe that they are dealing with a sane rational person cutroot Oct 22 #19
Good luck with that. Ray Bruns Oct 22 #13
The scope of the ballroom would overwhelm the White House itself... Gee, ya think? hlthe2b Oct 22 #14
I can totally relate. Doodles Oct 22 #20
Your last paragraph that you wrote really hits close to home for me. slightlv Oct 22 #15
Trump and Musk used a metaphorical wrecking ball on the federal government to make it dysfunctional. Lonestarblue Oct 22 #16
He will totally ignore this request. MLWR Oct 22 #17
MaddowBlog-It's not just the facade: Team Trump has wrecked much of the White House's East Wing LetMyPeopleVote Oct 22 #18
We will all have PTSD by the time this piece of shit is out of what's left of the White House Bayard Oct 22 #21
It's shock doctrine stuff JustAnotherGen Oct 22 #22

Baitball Blogger

(51,490 posts)
5. Oh, it can be reconstructed. We have experts who can do that. I think Trump should
Reply to calguy (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:28 AM
Oct 22

Serve his term out with the exposed damage as a backdrop.

Champp

(2,409 posts)
3. For Gawd's sake stop, you classless clueless greedhead republican liars
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:21 AM
Oct 22

detach your balls and ballroom from OUR White House

Autumn

(48,671 posts)
6. The time to have done that was before he bulldozed part of the white house.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:30 AM
Oct 22

He's been talking about it for weeks. Our government is a sham and not prepared for anything. .

Katinfl

(557 posts)
10. Too late.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:43 AM
Oct 22

The damage is done. It can never be put back together like it was. Let’s hope our country can be put back together when this nightmare is finally over.

cutroot

(1,023 posts)
19. They still believe that they are dealing with a sane rational person
Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #12)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 11:05 AM
Oct 22

I wonder how many of them are republicans

hlthe2b

(112,176 posts)
14. The scope of the ballroom would overwhelm the White House itself... Gee, ya think?
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:47 AM
Oct 22

I am beside myself over this. In a near year of horrors, of which many were predictable (given the Project 2025 Blueprint-- which the MSM actively ignored), the metaphor for all the destruction that his taking a wrecking ball to the East Wing presents--is just beyond it. I need at least some "ebb and flow" to my intense anger to survive. I don't feel like we are getting even a momentary break each day... For the first time ever, I am getting heart rate increase alerts on my Apple Watch periodically through the day when I'm not doing anything physical. This is obviously getting to me.

Doodles

(118 posts)
20. I can totally relate.
Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #14)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 11:12 AM
Oct 22

I feel the same. I’m not sure why but this has just destroyed me. Of all the awful things, I saw the first picture Monday afternoon and just lost it.

slightlv

(7,052 posts)
15. Your last paragraph that you wrote really hits close to home for me.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:31 AM
Oct 22

The other half of the time I'm jumping out of my skin in rage and sorrow. All mental health care should be free to anyone in the U.S. once trump is gone, as well as blood pressure meds, etc. Each case can be traced back to him coming down that golden escalator in 2015.

Lonestarblue

(13,131 posts)
16. Trump and Musk used a metaphorical wrecking ball on the federal government to make it dysfunctional.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:42 AM
Oct 22

Now Trump is taking a literal wrecking ball to the White House. He is also using ICE and federalized National Guard to take a wrecking ball to Democratic cities solely because they do not fall down and worship him.

I do not think we will have much of a country left by 2028–if he survives that long. And Vance as the heir apparent would be just as destructive because it isn’t just Trump. It’s the Republican Party.

MLWR

(677 posts)
17. He will totally ignore this request.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:59 AM
Oct 22

The ONLY thing that is important to him is what HE wants and HIS instant gratification.

LetMyPeopleVote

(172,883 posts)
18. MaddowBlog-It's not just the facade: Team Trump has wrecked much of the White House's East Wing
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 11:03 AM
Oct 22

By Tuesday afternoon, it appeared obvious that a significant portion of the East Wing has been demolished, the president's earlier vows notwithstanding.



https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/s-not-just-facade-team-trump-wrecked-much-white-houses-east-wing-rcna239092

As the controversy surrounding the demolition project was growing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that she believed the outrage to be “fake,” because nearly every president has made “modernizations and renovations” during his tenure. But we’re not just talking about modest alterations. Rather, in this instance, we’re talking about bulldozers.

While the news on Monday afternoon indicated that crews had torn down the entrance way to the White House’s East Wing, it became clear a day later that the facade wasn’t the only part of the structure affected. The Washington Post reported:

A demolition job that began Monday with the disappearance of the White House’s eastern entrance advanced Tuesday with the destruction of much of the East Wing, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post and two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the scene.


By Tuesday afternoon, it appeared obvious that a significant portion of the East Wing has been demolished, Trump’s earlier vows notwithstanding.

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-10-21T20:13:32.290Z


.....Of course, those aren’t just partisan complaints: Trump, acting at his own discretion, really is treating the White House as if it were his own personal property.

As we’ve discussed, the symbolic significance is impossible to miss: An authoritarian president is literally tearing down part of a national treasure because he wants a fancy ballroom to host parties for the elite.

The White House has reportedly asked that officials “refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs.” This probably won’t stop images from reaching the public, though the appeal suggests that Team Trump isn’t exactly proud of its handiwork.

Bayard

(27,833 posts)
21. We will all have PTSD by the time this piece of shit is out of what's left of the White House
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 11:21 AM
Oct 22

At least, people that are actively watching what's going on.

Would anyone be half-way suprised now if he demolishes what's left and builds a gigantic golden palace?

JustAnotherGen

(37,396 posts)
22. It's shock doctrine stuff
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:07 PM
Oct 22

Distraction stuff.

I'm telling you BDR - we are going to learn he was an 'owner' in Epstein's business. He's a trafficker of girls.

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