Stephen Colbert is not letting President Trump tear down the East Wing of the White House without a fuss.
In his monologue Thursday, Colbert revealed the latest developments of Trump’s ballroom construction project. Although Trump promised in July that he wouldn’t touch the East Wing, as of this week he’s razed down the section almost entirely.
“As of this morning, the East Wing looked like a rotisserie chicken your dog got into,” Colbert said, showing viewers an image of the destruction.
“That is very upsetting to look at, I realize that,” Colbert said. “And you know the administration knows that, because today the Secret Service closed access to the Ellipse Park, which is a public park, from which journalists had been capturing live images."
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