Jon Meacham: Trump’s W.H. Ballroom Is ‘a Definition of Why We Had the American Revolution’

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MEACHAM: “You know, as ever with President Trump, you know, you do have to step back and say, well, what is he trying to do? What is the -- you know, let's -- let's not bang on our high chairs here. And to me, one of the issues here is so much of the -- I haven't seen 'The National Review' piece -- but so much of the controversy here might be settled if, for instance, he actually paid attention to norms, to the customs of having -- you know, Congress was very much involved in the 1940s version of this. Bring in the National Trust, bring in the White House Historical Association, a wonderful group founded in the Kennedy administration. Terrific people who care deeply about the house. You know, do this with some sensitivity to the fact that you're not a king. You know, you can't just do what you want to do when you want to do it. That's an adolescent response. That's -- that's not fair to adolescents, right, that's -- that's infantile. You know, just to do it because you can is in some ways a definition of why we had the American Revolution.”