Posted on 10/27/2025 1:28:44 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
The Washington Post's boastful front-page slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness." But on today's Morning Joe, Post columnist David Ignatius kept viewers in the darkness regarding his own paper.
The show devoted yet another long segment to denouncing President Trump's ballroom project, and in particular, his decision to demolish the East Wing that was deemed necessary.
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Ignatius offered a metaphorical analogy of his own: "This is the presidency as wrecking ball." He went so far as to claim that "the destruction of the East Wing has really upset people in a way that even Trump's most outrageous other actions haven't." Riiight.
Continued Ignatius:
"If the Washington Post hadn't run a photograph, taken from across the street in the Treasury building, we might not have known for 24 hours that it was even happening. It was stealthy, in the middle of the night."
An unsuspecting viewer might well have assumed that the Washington Post was relentlessly on the side of those who have risen in righteous indignation over the demolition.
But that's where Ignatius kept viewers in the darkness regarding his paper.
What Ignatius didn't disclose was that over the weekend, the paper's Editorial Board had published an editorial entitled, "In defense of the White House ballroom--Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs." The editorial included these lines [emphasis added]:
"Preservationists express horror that Trump did not submit his plans to their scrutiny, but the truth is that this project would not have gotten done, certainly not during his term, if the president had gone through the traditional review process. The blueprints would have faced death by a thousand papercuts."
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so not concerned about the Schumer Shutdown.
“Trump is taking a wrecking ball to government!!”
“That’s what I voted for!!!”
David Ignatius is just a jerk.
His last name is pretty close to ignoramus!
“Preservationists” love to spend the public money on their personal pet projects.
BAM!
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