Meltdown Underway: Democrats Lose Their Minds Over Trump 'Demolishing' the White House

RedState 

Donald Trump is currently "demolishing" the White House, according to numerous left-wing commentators and press outlets. Videos emerged on Monday of construction crews tearing down part of the East Wing facade to prepare the way for a new ballroom, which is being privately funded. 

As I'll get to, the facts are far more boring that "Trump destroys historical White House," but that didn't stop the total meltdown.

Yes, nothing says "desecration" like not having to hold large events in tents anymore. I guess Barack Obama descrated the White House too when he built a basketball court. Jim Acosta joined the freak out as well, apparently unaware that nearly every president in history has modified or added something to the White House grounds. 

In fact, the current East Wing isn't part of the historical White House structure. It was a rather bland office building that was added on top of a bunker in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. There's nothing sacred about it, and it was never meant to be anything but a practical addition to the facility. Heck, the current Oval Office isn't even original, being created by Harry S. Truman. Likewise, Richard Nixon ripped the first bowling alley out of the West Wing and built another one in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. 

What Trump is doing is perfectly within bounds. Lots of presidents have modified the White House grounds to make it more comfortable, luxurious, or practical. As expected, though, the press is spinning this as some kind of scandal. 

This may be the most inside-the-beltway story I've ever seen. Imagine being a working class individual trying to make ends meet, and you've got the press needing smelling salts over a ballroom being built. All of this plays into Trump's hands because if everything is the end of the world, nothing is the end of the world. It numbs the public because the outrage is never-ending. Pretty soon, they just start tuning it out, and based on Trump's approval actually rising during the current government shutdown, it seems like that's already a reality.