Ex-White House Historian’s Ominous Warning On Ballroom: ‘More Surprises Down The Road’

A former chief historian of the White Home Historic Affiliation has slammed the demolition of the East Wing to make manner for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom.

Edward Lengel instructed the Founding Fathers can be “disgusted” by the modifications and warned CNN’s Erin Burnett that extra controversial modifications might be on the way in which.

“I believe we’re going to see an increasing number of surprises down the highway,” predicted Lengel after it emerged that the complete wing can be torn down, regardless of the president’s earlier assurances on the contrary.

“Each by way of the affect on the Govt Mansion itself,” he defined. “It may transcend the East Wing; it may have an effect on the Govt Mansion constructing itself, the unique 1800 constructing. However I believe more likely what we’re going to see is a ballroom that’s going to be much more ostentatious, and it’s going to show the Govt Mansion into an annex to the occasion area.”

The White Home, because it at present stands, displays “225 years of historical past,” mentioned Lengel, however consideration will now be drawn “to this large ballroom which actually has one man’s title on it,” that of Trump.

“It’s going to solid the Govt Mansion into the shade and switch it way more right into a presidential palace,” added Lengel, who served because the nonprofit’s chief historian throughout Trump’s first time period.

“As a Founding Fathers historian, I’ve spent most of my life with George Washington,” he added. “I believe all the founders would have been disgusted by this.”