In the ten months since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, he has left his imprint on the nation’s capital in a manner that’s impossible to ignore.

An entire wing of the White House is gone, demolished to a pile of rubble. A historic garden is paved over. Sites around town are being scoped out for new, splashy monuments . And Trump is agitating for his name on a new stadium. It’s all been conducted with remarkable speed, as the president – reverting to his roots as a builder and developer – blows through regulatory hurdles and quickly remakes Washington in his image.

His critics warn that the president, by dramatically altering the White House to his liking, is laying the groundwork to never leave. His aides say the opposite is true — that he’s making long-

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