What’s Conservative About Knocking Down the East Wing?

I’m trying to think what could be less conservative than knocking down much of the East Wing of the White House – formerly the People’s House – to make it more like Versailles.
This, after Donald Trump promised he would do no such thing. But were we supposed to take his promises neither seriously nor literally? I forget.
The sight of this destruction is painful for those of us who saw 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as more than a “Love It or List It” fixer-upper, and that’s part of the fun for the current occupant and the defenders of this galling, gaping metaphor.
“The president is doing this on…
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