"He should have gotten the permits, but that's how he does things. I agree, but it is just a building, first of all. That part of the building wasn't always there. Presidents do change the buildings. Nixon put in a bowling alley. Obama made the tennis court a basketball court. I can't get this mad about everything, Mike. I just can't."
"I'm not mad. It's not a question of being mad, it's a question of understanding what the symbolism is and what it means in Trump BILL MAHER: He's not leaving! That's what bothers me about it! (CROSSTALK). BILL MAHER: Is that who puts in a giant ballroom if you're leaving? (CROSSTALK). BILL MAHER: Okay, but that's the issue, not the building"
"But I'm saying, if this was the only impulsive, reckless, driven by his own desire for self-aggrandizement, if this is the only thing he had done on that front, then I would give you it's just a building. But it's not. It's part of a manner of governing that is tearing at some of the foundations, the institutional foundations in this country, and that's scary."
Installation of a giant ballroom at Trump's property is viewed as more than a renovation and interpreted as a signal that Trump intends to remain in power. Some see the ballroom as an expression of self-aggrandizement and part of a pattern of impulsive, reckless actions. Other renovations by presidents, such as Nixon's bowling alley and Obama's conversion of a tennis court to a basketball court, show changes to residences can be ordinary, but the ballroom carries heavier symbolic weight. Concerns include permits, disregard for procedure, and potential erosion of institutional foundations and norms.
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