on August 16, 2026 at 3:00 pm When President Trump said he was demolishing part of the White House to make way for his ballroom, he framed it as a matter of aesthetics and space. Now, he says it’s a “military complex.”Louise RadnofskyBy aumnamaah@gmail.com / August 16, 2026 As courts have questioned the president’s authority for the project, he has leaned in to arguments of national security.
