Hey, everybody. It's me, Sam Stein, managing Ennerd to Bullwork. And listen, if you have been following the news, you probably have seen that our White House is under demolition.

Donald Trump has decided to take down not just the facade of the East Wing, but as the New York Times has reported on Wednesday, the entirety of the

East Wing. That's one part of the White House that is just going to be ripped down and replaced

by a gilded ballroom, a grotesque gilded ballroom that's going to cost an estimated $250

million, although I'll be surprised.

Trump says he's going to contribute some of his money to it.

It's mostly raising it from private donors, which raises all sorts of conflict of interest questions.

But for us, the bulwark, that's just part of the issue.

The other one is aesthetics.

Is it worth it?

Do we like this? I know how I feel. I know what Tim Miller

feels. He enjoys it. He likes the gold. Well, we're here committed to acts of journalism.

So what we decide to do is we went down to the White House to ask people in and around that

complex what they felt about the renovations, what they might want to see

with the renovations and what they think it was a good use of taxpayer money. What you're about

to see, probably won't surprise you. So how do you feel about the construction that's happening

on the East Wing of the White House? Pretty bad about it. I think it's a joke. It is a travesty.

It's not his house. And, uh, no, he's taking down

history and paving it and then gilding it in fake gold. I just hope that we can repair some of the

damage that he's going to leave behind. I think it's an outrage. You know, this is the people's house.

I don't believe that there's been a process to consult with Congress who represent the

American people to get disapproved.

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