'So little respect': Trump 'pillages' as he turns the White House into a 'shipwreck'

The White House East Wing existed, in different forms, for 123 years. The East Wing was unveiled in its original form under Republican President Teddy Roosevelt in 1902 before undergoing a major expansion and renovation under Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 40 years later. But in late October, the East Wing was demolished altogether on orders from President Donald Trump — who is planning to replace it with a massive ballroom. In her October 25 opinion column, the New York Times' Maureen Dowd points to the demolition of the East Wing as symbolic of a broader problem: Trump...