US President Donald Trump is transforming the White House into a gold-leaf gilded replica of his Mar-a-Lago estate. The latest chapter in this obsession is the gold-tinted ballroom being planned in the White House. For this, Trump is tearing down the entire East Wing of the White House. However, Trump's grand vision, with bulldozers, skipped approvals and cost over-runs, resembles a typical infrastructure project in India.
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Last Monday, bulldozers rolled onto the White House premises, demolishing bricks laid over 80 years under Franklin D Roosevelt's presidency, to make way for Trump's vanity project—a golden-hued ballroom.
The East Wing of the White House served as the office of the First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), and her staff.
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