President Donald Trump is overcompensating for something and turning the White House into a McMansion with his controversial renovations, veteran TV reporter Don Lemon told The Daily Beast Podcast.

Discussing the demolition of the entire East Wing of the White House—the full extent of which was discovered this week once bulldozers arrived—and the president’s plans for a $300 million ballroom, Lemon argued that these changes aren’t Trump’s to make.

“Maybe we do need a new ballroom, but it’s not for him to decide. It’s for the American people to decide,” Lemon told The Daily Beast Podcast host Joanna Coles. “It’s for the congress who holds the purse strings to decide. It’s for the historic commission to decide.”

“The White House is a federal building. It’s not Donald Trump’s house,” Lemon

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