On Wednesday, Fox News defended President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing, pointing to minor changes President Barack Obama made to turn a tennis court into a basketball court while he was in office.

Trump has come under fire from prominent Democrats and preservationists for the massive construction project. To rebut these complaints, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy argued that Trump’s gaudy ballroom project is in line with other presidents’ modifications.

“In 2009, President Obama added a basketball court,” Doocy said, citing similar minor renovations to the White House, like Theodore Roosevelt’s construction of the West Wing and Franklin Roosevelt’s addition of a swimming pool.

The Fox report was effectively a cut-and-paste regurgitation of the White House’

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