The wrecking of part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Trump’s ballroom is striking a nerve with his critics who see it as an overhaul of a historic building for a gaudy personal project.

Images of an excavator tearing into parts of the White House went viral on Monday, eliciting the latest outrage over Trump’s efforts to rapidly remake the nation’s capital in his preferred image.

That has included paving over the Rose Garden grass, installing flag poles on the White House lawn, covering the Oval Office in gold accents, taking control of the Kennedy Center and deploying the National Guard around the District.

Trump is also leaving a lasting mark on the federal government, having spearheaded a dramatic reduction in the size of the workforce,a reconfiguration of som

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