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Chelsea Clinton doesn’t seem to be thrilled that the East Wing of the White House is being demolished for a new ballroom ― and that’s apparently got Donald Trump Jr. in a snit.  Jp Yim / Getty Images
The $250 million ballroom is being financed by private donations, but the National Trust for Historic Preservation says the 90,000-square-foot event space would “overwhelm the White House itself.”  Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
In an op-ed published Thursday in USA Today, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said that while President Donald Trump “has the right ... to pave over the Rose Garden （and denude it of roses） as well as turn the East Wing into a ballroom,” she noted that “a disregard for history is a defining trait” of his second administration. The Washington Post / Getty Images
She warned: “This is what happens when we take a wrecking ball to our heritage.” Sean Zanni / Getty Images BuzzFeed Trending Hot Topic Let\“s chat about all things Politics See our Politics Discussions
Clinton promoted the article on X with two posts:
The White House became my home when I was twelve years old. I always understood that it wasn’t my ‘house’; it was The People’s House. https://t.co/4nwSllGaRj— Chelsea Clinton （@ChelseaClinton） October 23, 2025
The erasure of the East Wing isn\“t just about marble or plaster — it\“s about President Trump again taking a wrecking ball to our heritage, while targeting our democracy, and the rule-of-law.
My piece in @USATODAY: https://t.co/4nwSllGIGR— Chelsea Clinton （@ChelseaClinton） October 23, 2025
Donald Trump Jr. hit back by taking shots at Clinton’s parents with a post on X. Bloomberg / Getty Images
“Lol, your parents tried stealing furniture and silverware from the White House… and let’s not talk about the intern. Sit this one out,” Trump posted in response, with a reference to various Clinton scandals, including Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky, and their return of $28,000 worth of household goods back to Washington, D.C., in 2001.
Lol, your parents tried stealing furniture and silverware from the White House… and let’s not talk about the intern. Sit this one out. https://t.co/c7wFVkLXTs— Donald Trump Jr. （@DonaldJTrumpJr） October 24, 2025
Chelsea Clinton had yet to respond to Don Jr.’s post as of Friday afternoon. HuffPost reached out for comment, but no one immediately responded. Jp Yim / Getty Images
However, others online did not hold back when calling out the president’s firstborn son’s comments:
Blaming children for the sins of their parents? Pretty un Christian of you, Don Jr.
But if that’s your take, man you have a lot of explaining to do because you’re responsible for groping women, adultery, fraud, bulldozing the WH and lying about it, daily lies about EVERYTHING .…— Tirah Att （@TirahAtt） October 24, 2025
Junior, your standard response is telling people they should ‘sit this one out.’
I cannot think of a single important issue in which those words don’t apply to you.— Norman Chad （@NormanChad） October 24, 2025
To quote @TimHannan : Your dad was inches deep in a porn star while his wife was nursing their infant and walked out of the WH with a truck full of classified documents after a failed insurrection . You need to sit this one out.— Lex Concord （@carlsson808） October 24, 2025
Your sister was one of her best friends and now you attack her. You guys have absolutely no boundaries.— Leslie Marshall （@LeslieMarshall） October 24, 2025
It should be noted that the Clintons and the Trumps have had a mixed relationship over the years. Laura Cavanaugh / Getty Images
Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trump’s 2005 wedding to Melania, and Chelsea Clinton was reportedly friends with Ivanka Trump for years before their parents ran against each other. Shawn Thew / Getty Images
Back in 2018, Don Jr. even thanked Chelsea for defending his younger brother, Barron, from a Twitter troll. Marcus Ingram / Getty Images
They’ve also had their bouts of snark, like last year when Don Jr. had this comment on a social media post claiming Chelsea was hoping to get an ambassadorship if Kamala Harris won the election: “Shocked.” Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images
Chelsea responded, writing, “Must be the same people who said I would run for Congress, get married years before I actually did, and have an alien sibling.”
Must be the same people who said I would run for Congress, get married years before I actually did, and have an alien sibling. Can’t wait to elect @VP Kamala Harris as our next @POTUS …and keep living in New York City. https://t.co/uPps3QVVo6— Chelsea Clinton （@ChelseaClinton） August 3, 2024
This article originally appeared on HuffPost. |
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发表于 2025-10-29 08:38:50