"But give the man credit every so often, he takes the time to attach the electrodes to our nipples. And then it feels like the first time. Case in point: on Monday, as part of his White House renovation project to construct a gilded ballroom, Trump sent out a backhoe to rip off a part of the East Wing."
"The demolition comes after Trump promised that the $250m, 90,000-sq-ft ballroom renovation would not touch the existing White House. So that was a lie, said Colbert. At this point, should we even believe that this is going to end up being a ballroom? It could just as easily end up being a combination Pizza Hut-Taco Bell! The treasury department has even instructed its employees not to share any photos of the White House construction."
A late-night monologue mocked the use of a backhoe to remove part of the East Wing as part of a proposed $250m, 90,000-sq-ft gilded ballroom renovation and called the earlier promise that the project would not alter the White House a lie. The demolition was compared to surreal, unsettling imagery and joked could result in a Pizza Hut‑Taco Bell combination. The renovation coincided with a government shutdown that left federal employees unpaid and risked depletion of food stamps. The Treasury instructed employees not to share construction photos, an unusual restriction for work supposed to be a point of pride.
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