Late-night hosts discussed the president’s demolition of the East Wing to make room for a huge $300m gilded ballroom
Late-night hosts mocked Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House and the corporate sponsors of his $300m gilded ballroom.
On Thursday’s Late Night, Seth Meyers expressed disbelief over the president’s gilded ballroom project for the White House. “It would be bad enough if Trump’s biggest priority was just building a gilded vanity project for himself, but it’s so much worse,” he said. “Because to do it, he’s tearing down a somewhat well-known and beloved piece of property.”
That would be the entire East Wing of the presidential residence, which has stood for 120 years. “He’s tearing down the entire East Wing to build his stupid ballroom. I mean, look at this,” Meyers marveled. “This is like a sequel to Fixer Upper called Fucked Upper.
“And of course, Trump also lied about this project.” When he first announced it, he promised no demolition and said it “won’t interfere with the current building” because it would be “near it but not touching it”.
