"Donald Trump bulldozed the East Wing of the White House this week, so that he can build a ballroom with a footprint nearly twice the size of the existing White House, financed by blatant graft. The White House is not Trump's property, and his proposed ballroom will undoubtedly be just as hideous and appalling as everything else geared to his hideous and appalling tastes, but there's not much question over whether the president has the license to do this: He does. It just sucks that Donald Trump's the guy using it."
"Also this week, the U.S. military, acting under Trump's orders, attacked two civilian speedboats in the Eastern Pacific ocean, killing everybody aboard both vessels. These were at least the eighth and ninth such attacks the U.S. has carried out in the past eight weeks or so; at least 37 people have died in these attacks, at least some of which occurred in international waters. In no instance has the military, the Department of Defense, or the Trump White House offered any formal public case against any of these people beyond the unsupported assertion that they were drug traffickers headed to the United States."
President Trump demolished the White House East Wing to construct a ballroom nearly twice the size of the existing residence, financed through apparent graft. The White House remains public property, but presidential authority enables the alteration. The U.S. military, acting under presidential orders, attacked two civilian speedboats in the Eastern Pacific, killing everyone aboard; these were among at least nine similar strikes over roughly eight weeks that reportedly killed at least 37 people, with some incidents in international waters. No formal public legal cases or evidence have been provided beyond assertions that the victims were drug traffickers. The administration’s rationale frames cartels as paramilitary enemies and invokes wartime authority to justify lethal action beyond U.S. territory.
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