In 1980, Trump destroyed Art Deco sculptures he'd promised to the Met to speed up Trump Tower's construction—now he's demolishing the White House's East Wing for a massive ballroom despite preservationists' objections.

The White House has begun tearing down the East Wing to construct a new ballroom dreamed up by Donald Trump.

“It’s hard to watch that, and it’s hard to believe that any president could destroy the White House and take a wrecking ball to an existing structure so historic,” host Joe Scarborough raged on Tuesda...