Trump aims to leave a physical legacy in D.C., bulldozing norms along the way

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President Trump has spent much of his second term trying to make his physical mark on Washington, D.C., earning — or perhaps awarding himself — the moniker of “builder-in-chief.”

“The best thing I do in life is build,” he told reporters in May.

Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House to build an even bigger ballroom (and military complex underneath). He built a helipad on the South Lawn after