The White House added a new section to its website on Thursday in defense of the Trump administration’s construction of a ballroom attached to the residence.
On the website’s “About the White House” page, a timeline of major events in the history of the White House is displayed.
It starts with the addition of the West Wing under former President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, and includes the additions of the Oval Office, Rose Garden, East Wing, Briefing Room and tennis pavilion. The timeline also notes the 1948 reconstruction of the White House’s interior under former President Truman.
But the timeline also takes swipes at former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden.
It notes Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, which was made public in 1998. Clinton was impeached in December of that year for lying under oath regarding the affair to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice.
The timeline then claims that in 2012, Obama hosted members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The movement, according to the American Foreign Policy Council, is one of the “most influential Sunni Islamist groups” and has inspired contemporary Islamic extremist organizations.
In 2012, Obama met with former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, at the United Nations General Assembly. Morsi was elected after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, amid the Arab Spring.
At the time, White House spokesperson Jay Carney said the two leaders had no plans to meet one-on-one.
The timeline also references when a Secret Service agent found cocaine in the West Wing in 2023, while Biden was president. The discovery, which occurred while Biden was at Camp David, caused a brief evacuation of the White House.
The timeline implicates Biden’s son, Hunter, who denied the cocaine was his during an interview with Channel 5 in July. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in May that the agency was looking into the incident.
It also notes that in 2023, the Biden administration hosted a Pride Month celebration at the White House and proclaimed Transgender Day of Visibility as the same day as Easter Sunday 2024.
During all four years of his term, Biden proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility.
The construction of the ballroom began this week with the demolition of the East Wing, striking a nerve with critics. White House officials have said the addition will be completed by the time Trump leaves office in January 2029.
Source: The Hill
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