Former Mets star Lenny Dykstra called horror author Stephen King a “hypocrite” and an expletive in an online clash over President Donald Trump’s controversial $250 million White House ballroom project , which has resulted in the demolition of the East Wing .

King, the author of titles such as “IT” and “The Shining,” wrote a post on X early Thursday, criticizing Trump for moving forward with the 90,000-square-foot ballroom that Trump said would hold 999 people.

“Trump’s destruction of the East Wing is part of a pattern,” King said. “Because he never has to stand for election again (at least, under normal Constitutional rules), he is like a gleeful toddler, not toilet trained, (bleep) everything he can reach.”

Dykstra, the three-time All-Star who also spent time with the Ph

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