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White House adds Democratic administration scandals to revised timeline

Trump just responded to criticism of White House demolition and people aren't happy
  • The White House revised its official “Major Events Timeline” to feature scandals from past Democratic administrations.
  • This update coincides with the demolition of the historic East Wing for the president's controversial $300 million ballroom project.
  • The timeline targeted figures such as Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama with entries detailing various controversies.
  • Examples include the Monica Lewinsky affair, Barack Obama's meeting with a Muslim Brotherhood member and the “Cocaine Discovery” incident linked to Hunter Biden.
  • The revised timeline largely bypassed events from the first Trump administration, and both the timeline and the ballroom project have drawn mixed public reactions.
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