President Donald Trump makes Democrats behave unreasonably and fly into overblown rhetoric. That talent, if it can be called such, has been on display since Trump’s decision and fast action to knock down the East Wing of the White House and build a modern ballroom in its place.

Former first lady Hillary Clinton accused Trump of “destroying” the White House. Her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, said Trump was taking a “wrecking ball to our heritage.” Others leaped at the opportunity to describe the physical demolition as a metaphor for his supposed demolition of the Constitution. President Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, called the ballroom project “corruption at its core.”