Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he hoped to keep a fragment of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom as a “paperweight” after its eventual demolition, during an event at the President’s House historic site. His remarks criticised Trump and the ballroom project, while the White House condemned them and defended the renovations as necessary improvements ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary.

Krasner said he expected opponents of Trump to prevail within 10 to 15 years and described a hypothetical official demolition ceremony in which pieces of the ballroom would be sold to taxpayers. The article says the Supreme Court had temporarily paused work before allowing construction to continue, and that Trump has presented the ballroom as a venue for large official events and state visits.