It was to be called Trump Tower,

58 stories of high-end retail and high-priced condominiums.

But before he could begin construction,

Trump had vowed to preserve two valuable sculptures.

And these were absolutely beautiful art deco sculptures that had been promised to the Metropolitan Museum.

It was delaying Trump's construction.

So he brings in a gang of workers to just break the stuff up.

And boom, dust. Gone forever.

Hi again, everybody. It's 5 o'clock in New York. That is who Donald Trump is, the ruthless real estate mogul, interested in, quote, breaking stuff up into dust to get what he wants, when he wants it, more than anything else. And what he wants right now is to put his stamp on the physical structure that is the White House to build a $250 million

90,000 square foot ballroom similar to the one he has at Mar-a-Lago. His biggest alteration yet to

the People's House following his coating of the Oval Office in flashy gold decor and chachkes.

His transformation of the White House Rose Garden into concrete,

considering what happened with those sculptures when he wanted to build Trump Tower,

it should come as no surprise that yesterday, as construction began on the new White House ballroom,

part of the east wing of the White House was demolished. Quite a visual was created. An excavator tore through

parts of the East Wing to make room for Donald Trump's next vanity project. A project Donald

Trump says is being paid for by corporate executives. And full disclosure, our parent company,

Comcast, is on a list of top donors, although we don't know how much Comcast or the other donors

are contributing. Outrage at the demolition of such an historic and symbolic building came swiftly

and made sure to put Donald Trump's destruction in perspective.

California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote this, quote, ripping apart the White House, just like he's

ripping apart the Constitution.

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