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Who knows. Could just burn down the ballroom this time and would anyone be too mad?

Wouldn't they need to build the ballroom first, before burning it down?

No need - it’s already a toxic garbage fire.

It's a metaphorical toxic garbage fire, but unless I've missed some news the current state is somewhat different from the "actually set fire to it" historical events referenced earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_President%27s_House_b...