There hasn’t been such vandalism at the White House since British troops burned it in 1814, but what President Trump’s wrecking ball did to the East Wing is only the beginning.

The cavernous ballroom he intends to build — spacious enough, he says, for 999 chosen people to drink, dine and dance — will be almost twice as large as the White House itself.

That’s more consequential than just poor taste. The original President’s House was meant to symbolize the modesty of a republic rather than the grandeur of a monarchial palace like Versailles. No previous alteration repudiated that. This one does.

The disproportion speaks volumes about the ego, megalomania, narcissism and arrogance of the man responsible for it.

A paved-over Rose Garden

Past presidents improved the building and grounds.

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