"What's most wrong about what President Trump is doing to the White House grounds is, it shows that his focus is on building a bigger venue for fancy dinners, when, because of his actual policies, Americans are opening those letters and finding out this week that they're not going to be able to afford their healthcare next year."
"My focus right now isn't about historic preservation," he told CNN. "It's about what's going on in people's lives."
"How in the world could you be focused on building a new ballroom - a literally gilded ballroom for fancy parties for your rich friends - at the exact moment when working Americans, actually disproportionately working Americans, who voted for you, are getting screwed by your healthcare policy, and you don't seem to be interested in helping them,"
Pete Buttigieg criticized President Trump for demolishing part of the East Wing to create a gilded ballroom while Americans confront rising Obamacare premiums and shutdown-related hardships. The demolition and premium increases coincide with an extended government shutdown that leaves hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid, furloughed, or fired. Democrats and Republicans remain in a standoff over extending Biden-era subsidies that had kept premiums lower. Buttigieg framed the renovation as a sign of misplaced priorities, arguing that the president favors wealthy supporters over working Americans who are struggling to afford healthcare.
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