A Washington Post editorial published Saturday gushed over President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to build a $300 million ballroom financed in part by Amazon, which Post owner Jeff Bezos founded
The piece noted the “fundraising for the ballroom creates problematic conflicts of interest” but did not elaborate.
The eyebrow-raising optics were aggravated by the newspaper’s unabashed applause for the project.
“Like America, [the White House] must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification. In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere,” the editorial read, referencing the acronym for people who advocate “not in my backyard.”
Read the full editorial at The Washington Post.
