Staff Reports
Hillary Clinton staged a full-blown hissy fit on X after photos circulated of crews tearing into the East Wing of the White House, angrily declaring, “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.” The former first lady’s theatrical post was predictably amplified by the left’s media echo chamber, proving once again that outrage is their reflex and reality is optional.
The demolition is real and visible: workers have already begun removing parts of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s massive ballroom project, a 90,000-square-foot addition that administration officials say will seat hundreds and could cost in the hundreds of millions. This is not a cosmetic paint job the pearl-clutchers are whining about — it is a bold, unapologetic effort to modernize and expand the White House’s capacity for state functions.
Officials insist the work will be privately funded and that procedural hurdles don’t prevent site preparation from moving forward, with a Trump-appointed commission chair saying demolition can precede vertical construction and formal approvals. If Democrats and preservation groups want rules enforced, they should stop politicizing every seat in the room and litigate like everyone else instead of shrieking on cable TV.
Conservative commentators and lawmakers rightly skewered Clinton for her sanctimonious screed, reminding Americans of the Clintons’ own checkered record with White House furnishings and their habit of lecturing the country from high above. The mob of virtue-signaling elites only gets louder when a Republican dares to change the status quo, but they get strangely quiet when their own household furniture controversies come up.
Even the bureaucrats are tucking their phones away — Treasury warned employees not to share photos of the demolition after images began circulating, an obvious attempt to control the narrative while the media runs a coordinated freakout. This isn’t about protecting history so much as protecting a political storyline: the left would rather manufacture outrage than accept that a president might leave a tangible legacy.
Hardworking Americans should see through the histrionics: this is about investment, capacity, and restoring pride in an institution the left has spent decades hollowing out with scandal and spectacle. Don’t let the elites and media busybodies gaslight you into thinking patriotism is measured by passive preservation of the past rather than bold stewardship for the future.
