The president’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for a flashy gold ballroom worth $300 million has drawn widespread criticism and is widely seen as an erosion of history.

But the Washington Post, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, doesn’t see it that way.

In a piece published Saturday titled “In defense of the White House ballroom,” the editorial board came out swinging against critics of Trump’s teardown. Amazon is one of several private corporations funding the massive 90,000-square-foot space.

The demolition began on Monday, and the scale of destruction is now even visible from space. Trump’s project directly contradicts a vow he made this summer to leave the White House as it is during construction of his pet project.

According to the Post’s editorial board, the image o

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