Trump Pushed Construction Projects as Courts Sat By

“President Donald Trump has said he was puzzled when aides told him he could build a massive new White House ballroom without seeking approval,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Trump: “Sir, this is the White House, you’re the president of the United States. You can do anything you want.”

”The president has spent his second term in office testing — and often proving — that claim. Within a week of his remarks, Trump had torn down the White House’s East Wing to build his planned ballroom, the most significant change to the White House grounds in generations. He has since directed workers to cut down beloved trees in public parks, ordered up statues at the White House and across the city, and announced plans for new monuments, shaped by his own views for the nation’s capital.”