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Words Matter: Searching Through the Rubble of the White House for One Little Bit of Positive News

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump just tore down the East Wing of the White House. Yup, that’s right - the President of the United States, in the middle of a government shutdown, decides that what America really needs is a new grand ballroom in Washington, DC. Where is the accountability? How is such corrupt politics being normalized? Join David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein as they search through the rubble and try to find answers. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.6

Hello, welcome to DSR's Words Matter. I'm David Rothkopf, and I've joined this week as every week by the

1:13.2

a bullion, optimistic, little merry sunshine, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Far, I don't know,

1:24.5

something like that, Norm, Ornstein. How are you today, Norm?

1:28.2

About the same as usual, David.

1:30.2

About the same. Have you, do you spend any time today at the White House website looking at their

1:36.2

timeline of major events about renovations? Did you see what they did?

1:42.2

I have not. Tell me. Oh, my God. So what they did? I have not. Tell me.

1:45.2

Oh, my God.

2:00.0

So what they did because they're sort of underwater on, you know, because they tore down the East Wing and they're building this ridiculous thing that nobody wants them to build is they're trying to defend it.

2:02.4

And they've put on their website. and you're really going to see these.

2:14.2

They put on their website, you know, what you might expect, which is pictures of past renovations to show other people have done this, although this one is the biggest by far, and it hasn't gone through any

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