President Trump spent quite a while talking about columns and “luxury” with Ben Terris as his ballroom construction continues apace and scaffolding comes down ahead of President Xi’s state visit later this month. I’m reporting from in front of the North Portico for MeidasTouch:

@MeidasTouch @bterris Just one of many money laundering “construction jobs” that didn’t need to be done so Trump could overpay contractors and get his cut. Dig deeper.

@Acyn @bterris @MeidasTouch Fuck Trump. He’s destroying the White House, our Cherry Trees, Arlington, The Rose Garden and the Kennedy Center.

@bterris @MeidasTouch Next candidate has to take all that shit down or we are not voting for them. Namby pamby answers won’t cut it.

@bterris @MeidasTouch So many none thinkers, every building needs to be maintained or it's going to be come delaplidated, ugly, fall apart. DJT is just doing what every person would do to keep the structure sound.

@bterris @MeidasTouch Listen pansy. You absolutely INSIST on bitching about Trump. ANYTHING...WITH AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. Just how will you cope, with no more Trump up your ass?!? Seriously?!

@MeidasTouch @bterris The sun bed king in action

@bterris @MeidasTouch This fucking guy. IT'S NOT HIS FUCKING HOUSE.

@bterris @MeidasTouch maybe just ask why he's a #PedophileRapistTrump ... and I love @PeteButtigieg

@bterris @MeidasTouch Don't let the president de-focus you on issues that are actually IMPORTANT by prattling on about interior decorating.

@bterris @MeidasTouch

@bterris @MeidasTouch Agreed it is not in the top 20. Already enough money has been siphoned from the national parks system. Will be unburying from delayed maintenance everywhere else in the country to finance Trump’s need for lavish accommodation. Remove his name from everything No more Trump $

@bterris @MeidasTouch Wow ... what a waste of money ... put it with the reflecting pool

@bterris @MeidasTouch Columns and luxury with Xi inbound is a very White House combination.

@bterris @MeidasTouch 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏👏👏👏Greatest! Thank you PRES TRUMP!

@bterris @MeidasTouch 🤡

@bterris @MeidasTouch Got it, so it’s exactly what was there to start. Holy fuck you’re all retarded.

@bterris @MeidasTouch It'll be knocked down soon enough.

@bterris @MeidasTouch Why’s there just a random computer chair chillin behind you?

@bterris @MeidasTouch Ben’s interview on The Bulwark podcast was sooooo good. @Timodc

@bterris @MeidasTouch Just don’t be an enabler. Our Sham-WoW "leader" is completely unable to preside. He does all this lipstick-on-a-pig to hide and divert attention from the Epstein files. He knows this. You know this, and we the people in this financed democratic republic know this.

@bterris @MeidasTouch Like, you are a moron, nuf said.

@bterris @MeidasTouch And it's all just tacky shit

@bterris @MeidasTouch It actually looks a bit like the max-security men's prison at Waupun, Wisconsin.

@bterris @MeidasTouch 🙌🇺🇸🙌

@Acyn @bterris @MeidasTouch The scaffolding coming down ahead of Xi’s visit makes the White House renovation impossible to ignore. Trump clearly sees the ballroom as both a legacy project and a showcase of luxury. You and @10_beth_ are easily two of my favorite follows.

@bterris @MeidasTouch Anything but the Epstein files.