Jill Biden memoir shares frosty encounter with Melania 'who only wanted to talk about the weather'

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4. ..."historic treasure being treated like a fixer-upper on Property Brothers"

"....During the demolition of the East Wing… I received pictures of the destruction step by step from people in D.C.,” Biden wrote. “I could barely look. The social offices, gutted. The military office, flattened. What had been my office, gone."....(more)

“A major landmark and historic treasure was being treated like a fixer-upper on HGTV’s Property Brothers. It wasn’t the loss of the blue-and-white striped drapes, the velvet sofa, the bookshelves filled with memorabilia that pained me – it was the symbolic bulldozing of history and the eradication of institutional memory.

“I kept thinking of everyone across the country that took pride in that building. I felt a sense of loss and grief with every blow from the wrecking ball. The innards of the East Wing were spread out for everyone to see, like a rare and precious animal that had been hunted down and killed.”

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I haven't read the book, but from the excerpts I think she has some interesting and poignant observations. She has a unique perspective and might as well have a say.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jill-biden-memoir-shares-frosty-164459669.html