Demolition crews finished taking down the White House wing Thursday while President Donald Trump defended the project.

The Washington Post editorial board praised President Trump’s controversial demolition of the East Wing of the White House. “The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness.

The editorial board of the Washington Post, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, expressed approval of President Donald Trump's 'aggressive' move to tear down the White House's East Wing in order to erect a massive ballroom funded by private corporations -- including Amazon.

Donald Trump has reduced the White House’s historic East Wing to nothing but mangled metal and rubble. New photos from the scene capture the violent ferocity with which the president demolished the century-old building to carve space for his gigantic $300 million ballroom.

By Thursday, the White House’s East Wing was gone. The speed of destruction, and the projection of power, are part of the strongman playbook.