From this week on, the White House will no longer be the People’s House. It’s now Trump’s Palace, complete with a Ball Room that will be twice the size of the White House itself. The following two photos from the New York Times, provide a good perspective of what’s happening.

Even though the project has not been approved, demolition of the East Wing of the White House began, even though the president said that any construction for the Ballroom would not affect the East Wing and there would be no demolition.

Department of the Treasury employees, who work next door to the White House and have a clear picture of what’s happening there, were forbidden from sharing any photos of the destruction. A strange reaction from an Administration that says it is proud of this project.

Do you think that Trump will pay for this desecration with the $230 million he is claiming that the Justice Department owes him for indicting him for stealing and hiding top secret documents?

While this is going on, millions of Federal workers are either furloughed or being made to work without pay. In addition, millions of lower income folks will be seeing their health insurance costs more than double or lose it all together. Meanwhile we are engaged in an illegal undeclared war in the Caribbean, while the feckless Congress continues to do nothing about any of this.