US President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, requiring the complete demolition of the historic East Wing, is being criticized by Canadians who will now never get to torch building for a second time since the War of 1812.
“With the way US/Canadian trade negotiations are going, it’s inevitable that we’re going to end up in a place of asymmetric guerrilla warfare,” explained Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We Canadians were definitely looking forward to another crack at burning down their president’s residence – yet another thing that Trump has stolen from us.” […]
It’s ok. Seeing as this is Trump we’re talking about, the new building will be made by the absolute lowest bidder, who has zero experience building anything larger than a shed. The new building will probably burn way better than the old one.
Unfortunately all the painted-plastic fake gold trim will produce a LOT of toxic fumes when it goes up.