Political analysts were stunned Tuesday after The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump had fired an entire independent commission tasked with overseeing his ballroom project.
The Post reported that Trump fired the entire six-member Commission on Fine Arts, which is staffed with architects and urban planners. The commission would have reviewed Trump's plans to build an arch in Washington, D.C. bearing his name, according to the report.
Newsmax reporter Kellie Meyer reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration plans to hire a new commission that is "more aligned with President Trump's America First Policies."
Political analysts responded to the news on social media.
"This is not normal," James Robert Carroll, Washington bureau chief for the Capitol News Service, posted on X.
"He is never leaving the [White House], is he?" Bernie Sanders organizer Melissa Byrne posted on X.
"Too bad Albert Speer isn't available for this Third Reich reboot," entrepreneur Dave Troy posted on X.
"Corrupt to his core," James Skoufis, a Democratic state Senator from New York, posted on X.
"Just non-stop corruption and conflicts from this administration," Mehdi Hasan, founder of Zeteo News, posted on X. "So hard to keep up."
"The fact that vulgar, lowbrow Donald Trump gets to choose who sits on *any* Commission of Fine Arts is simply obscene and shows how ridiculous our country has become," Deven Green, a Canadian actress who produces satirical videos under the name Betty Bowers, posted on Bluesky. "But Donald knowing it would veto his tacky ballroom is as close to self-awareness as Trump has ever gotten."