US Politics
The Gilded Columns: Vanity Projects and the Erosion of Public Trust at the People's House
The Trump administration is conducting renovation work on the White House columns, removing decades of paint in the latest of dozens of projects to remake the residence. This pattern of prioritizing lavish personal aesthetics with unchecked spending and secrecy, while our nation grapples with profound challenges, is a stunning dereliction of duty that elevates vanity over public trust.
