Historic preservation groups responded to the White House East Wing's demolition with equivocal statements and "deep concern." Their failure to mobilize reveals how dependent liberal advocacy has become on the billionaires funding Trump's regime.

The stunning, rapid demolition of the East Wing of the White House does not sound the death knell of the United States of America, despite the breathless pronouncements of some observers. But it is a bellwether for the exhaustion of liberal protest politics, as the interest groups many had hoped would fight Donald Trump’s agenda are instead cowering, too afraid of Trump-aligned billionaires to mount a genuine opposition.

Most of the East Wing now lies in a landfill, Trump is rejoicing in his edifice complex, and a host of preservation advocates

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