"MOYNIHAN: The outrage from the left, though, it feels extremely ironic that these are the same people celebrating statues being torn down of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and now there's concern about erasing history, it kind of feels like the outrage is all over. SELLERS: Well, I mean, let me just say that I wasn't a big statue taker downer. That wasn't my ministry."
"and what that will do to the structure, to the landscape of the White House compounds? (CROSSTALKS) IOFFE: And that if Donald Trump wanted to give $100 million when Barack Obama was in office, great, but it's not his. It belongs to all of us. And the fact that it was you unilaterally changed, the fact that it is done to one man's taste, also, Betsy, like is there on"
A proposal suggested erecting a Robert E. Lee statue in a White House statuary garden to provoke liberals upset over East Wing demolition for a massive ballroom. The proposal intersected with debates about removing statues of founding figures and concerns about erasing history. Observers raised questions about unilateral decision-making, the ballroom's size relative to the White House, and potential structural and landscape consequences. Critics emphasized that White House grounds belong to the public and criticized changes made to satisfy a single individual's taste.
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