White House Under Siege: Trump's Radical Demolition Sparks National Outrage

President Trump's shocking plan to demolish the historic East Wing reveals a dramatic transformation of America's most iconic building, leaving historians and citizens stunned.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C. Where some idiot
knocked down the East Wing. This is ballot. How many
proms does Trump plan on hosting? Anyway, let's hit this.
Patrick Gutfield here with a renovation story that's more dramatic
than a home makeover show on steroids. President Trump's decided

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to play extreme Home Edition with the White House. And
by extreme, I mean he's literally tearing down the entire
East Wing. Remember when he said he'd totally respect the
building and not touch it. Well, turns out respect, in
Trump's speak, means demolish completely. He's planning a ballroom so
massive it's basically the architectural equivalent of overcompensating ninety thousand

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square feet. That's larger than most people's entire neighborhoods. The
price tag three hundred million dollars. And you thought your
home renovation was expensive. He's claiming it's all paid for
by himself and his friends, which sounds like the beginning
of every bad reality show pitch. Ever, historians are losing
their minds. The East Wing has been around since nineteen

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oh two, witnessed more presidential secrets than a tell all book.
Clinton's secret meetings. Cheney's nine to eleven bunker moments all gone.
Trump's basically a racing history faster than a toddler with
an etch a sketch. The best part he's calling the
East Wing a very small building. Sir, It's the White House.

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Nothing about it is small. This isn't just a renovation.
This is Trump looking at one of America's most iconic
buildings and saying, you know what this needs more me.
Congratulations to the President for breaking a record. Trump has
now officially clocked fifty seven days of government shutdown, beating
out President Carter's previous record of fifty six days. It's

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like watching a governmental game of chicken, except nobody's winning.
In the American people are stuck in the crossfire quick breakdown.
Thirty six of those days came during his first term,
which means he's not just a one hit wonder of
governmental chaos. He's got range. Clinton's looking at this record
like wow, amateur hour. President Trump wants to import more

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beef from Argentina, and American ranchers are not having it.
It's like trying to bring in backup dancers when the
headliners are already killing it on stage. Buck Whrebind from
the National Cattleman's Beef Association basically said thanks, but no thanks.
When Trump claims he's helping Argentina, which is fighting for
its life, a Warebind's like, cool story, but what about

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our ranchers the real beef. Beef prices have jumped nearly
fourteen percent, and these ranchers are saying, let the market
do its thing. It's basically economic natural selection. Sometimes herds
get smaller, sometimes they grow back. Trump's response to a
reporter's question was peak Trump. Argentina is fighting for its life,

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young lady. You don't know anything about it. The ranchers'
message is clear, we voted for you, don't mess with
our cattle. But then again, what are the ranchers going
to do? Not vote for Trump's third term? Just another
day in the wild world of presidential trade negotiations, where
the stakes are high and the beef is real. Meet

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Ryan Chen, a Chinese businessman who's become a Trump impersonator
without ever setting foot in the United States. He learned
English from pirated sitcoms and now has one million followers
on Chinese TikTok doing Trump impressions. It's like if method
acting met international comedy and had a wildly unexpected baby.
Chen's big breakthrough a video at the Great Wall, where

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he jokes about walls, because of course he does. He
even coined the term Mexigolians, a comedy combo that sounds
like a rejected sketch comedy bit. And the best part,
he claims he's not trying to offend anyone, just trying
to be funny. Apparently, in China, Trump isn't a political figure.

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He's entertainment, which honestly might be the most accurate description
of his presidency I've ever heard. Chen can do Biden
and Obama impressions too, but he thinks they're too normal. Well, yeah,
hard to do comedy when your subject doesn't provide daily material.
The kicker Chen's main goal is to show off his
hometown of chong Qing, so he's basically using Trump as

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a tourism board mascot. If that's not the most twenty
first century thing you've heard today, I don't know what is.
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