President Trump’s extravagant ballroom: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Demolition on the White House’s East Wing to construct a privately financed $300 million ballroom.
Few images in latest reminiscence have brought about fairly as a lot controversy because the one displaying the White House’s East Wing being partially demolished to make room for President Trump’s massive, stunning ballroom (“Billionaires’ ‘ball,’ ” Oct. 24).
Is it potential, if unlikely, that whereas viewing this picture, the people are literally seeing the demolition of our democracy with the identical ease because the defacing of America’s most iconic landmark?
Bob Ory
Chicago, Ill.
Democrats and their sycophant media puppets are upset concerning the White House’s demolition for a ballroom as a result of there was a lot historical past within the outdated East Wing.
But the outdated Yankee Stadium was demolished with out a whimper from any of them. Some of essentially the most iconic figures appeared in thrilling video games, concert events and different occasions on the historic stadium.
Wayne Galvin
Lynbrook
The dictionary merely defines “ballroom” as “a large room for dancing.”
Trump has a lot of nerve spending $300 million to construct himself a ballroom — which he falsely stated in July “won’t interfere with the current building” — simply to show off his embarrassing, stationary, arm-moves-only “dance” to the music “YMCA.”
Richard Siegelman
Plainview
The information confirmed one more pile of gray concrete and rubble, the outcome of a battle. This time, nevertheless, the destroyed building was the East Wing of the White House. The battle is Trump towards good style, the dignity of his place and the symbolism of the building he works in.
A historical past of the White House can be an fascinating learn sooner or later, however a minimum of one chapter may have a content material warning to organize the reader for the horror of injury executed to the building.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
The typical suspects are getting their panties in a bunch over Trump’s ballroom. Funny how I by no means heard a peep, merely reward, over former President Obama’s basketball courtroom.
Thomas De Julio
Delray Beach, Fla.
Demolition crews have begun work on the East Wing of the White House. Instead of housing the First Lady’s workplace and different administration employees, it will likely be changed by a ballroom.
Don’t be shocked when 12” x 12” remnants from the outdated building are offered as keepsakes. I’m guessing the quantity raised will exceed copies of Trump’s Bible or pairs of his sneakers.
Denny Freidenrich
Laguna Beach, Calif.
The Issue: President Trump growing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario aired an anti-tariff advert.
As a punishment for attempting to disgrace the Trump administration into abandoning tariffs on Canadian imports, President Trump slapped an further 10% on our northern trading accomplice (“Prez ‘ads’ 10% to Canada tariff,” Oct. 26).
I discover it weird that Canada’s strategy to successful the tariff argument was replaying out-of-context components of a Reagan 1987 radio tackle.
If Canada’s leaders actually imagine in Reagan’s phrases, why don’t they merely “reject their protectionist legislation” by repealing tariffs on US items?
Luana Dunn
Glen Burnie, Md.
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Trump doesn’t need Canada to affect the US Supreme Court during the November deliberations on tariffs.
He raised tariffs on Canada after a TV advert quoted Ronald Reagan: “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.”
That is: It’s OK for Trump to inform the courts what to do on each subject beneath the solar — however don’t let anyone else do it. That’s known as hypocrisy, people.
Kimball Shinkoskey
Woods Cross, Utah
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