The Ballroom, the Arch, and the Rush-Job Presidency

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“Construction is notoriously slow-going work. But in Donald Trump’s Washington, cranes and bulldozers appear like DoorDash deliveries: fast, frictionless, and on demand,” The Atlantic reports.“To build the president’s White House ballroom, roughly 250 workers have been pouring concrete and installing steel framework, keeping the site humming for 20 hours a day, seven days a week. The National Park Service has proposed a similarly intensive schedule for Trump’s planned triumphal arch… These are very different and ambitious projects, but they share the same presumed deadline: January 20, 2029.”“They also share a risk: The compressed schedules could lead to shoddy work that will require more repairs later.”