“"He is spending a huge amount of energy, mental and otherwise, on these renovation projects, beautification projects around Washington, and then monuments to self,"
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“70% of President Trump's mindshare ("maybe plus or minus 5%") goes to his gilding, construction, renovation, renaming and tribute projects.
“"He didn't really want to talk about that. He didn't really want to talk about policy specifics. He wanted to describe himself as winning. And he wanted to show us how he had remade Washington."
“"The East Wing Modernization Project is inextricably tied to the security of the President, the White House grounds and the certain security infrastructure assets,"
“Trump himself has pointed to the "massive complex" being built underneath the ballroom.
“"[T]here is no precedent in U.S. history of a sitting president devising such endeavors in their own name."
“"Under that were designs of the ballroom. And he starts talking to us about the columns and how some of the columns are evocative of Rome. And then on the other side, the columns are evocative of Athens. And he's happy that they are a little bit either wider or more spaced apart or both than the columns at the Supreme Court. And that was like the first 15 minutes of this hour that we had."
“"I am choosing maple trees for the White House. I am good at picking trees."
“"So that's why we want to focus the administration's attention on this problem that could undo all of the good work that they're doing to speed up permitting,"