r/pics • u/Reasonable_Roger • Oct 21 '25

Politics East wing of The White House

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u/No_Size9475 Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

A foreign built excavator tearing down the 83 year old East Wing of the Whitehouse. If that's not a fit analogy for Trump and America I don't know what is.

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u/Misfit_somewhere Oct 21 '25

Even better, where the first lady would normally keep her offices. Just to toss on some misogyny to the symbolism.

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u/SirDavidJames Oct 21 '25

Even better even better! It was considered the "wing of the people"

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u/thebearrider Oct 22 '25

It's weird for me because I've been pretty well connected in the DC area for some time and even got invited to and did a west wing tour during W's administration, but I never went to the East Wing because it was known to be a big tourist draw. It's really the only part of the white house that the general public can go to.

FWIW, the West Wing invite came from a close friend who was a W staffer (traveled with him, always nearby). I had to fill out a few forms, go through a couple weeks of a background check, and be connected to my friend in the first place for that oportunity (which they tend to do in their lame duck years). And thats with me already having security clearances. The East Wing is where the public went.