The president’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for a flashy gold ballroom worth $300 million has drawn widespread criticism and is widely seen as an erosion of history. But the Washington Post,

Now that the demolition has begun, here’s who’s paying for the overhaul of the country’s most famous residence.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized the widening wealth gap amid the surge in the net worth of billionaires during President Donald Trump's second term in office.

With the White House officially closed to tours, the adjoining gift shop—while not yet bulldozed—has been shuttered indefinitely, too. Trump visited the gift shop in August, and photos show that a digitally altered image of his face—showing an American flag imposed over his stoic headshot—now hangs from the wall.

Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while U.S. President Donald Trump's ranking dropped as the coronavirus pandemic slammed his office buildings,

Patrick Soon-Shiong denies that a "billionaires club" with Jeff Bezos and others led to a squandering of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

The Post is bringing in Kate Andrews, Spectator magazine’s U.S. deputy editor; Dominic Pino, economics editor at National Review; and Carine Hajjar, a Boston Globe Editorial Board member and frequent Fox News talking head, as opinion writers.

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