A modest proposal to help out a floundering president Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Lance Anderson on Unsplash I don’t want to come off as sour on the pomp and grandeur a civilization wants to leave behind to mark its passing, but even the dumbest among us must wonder how President Trump’s designs for a grand ballroom anchoring the venerable east end of the White House would survive beyond his term. The symbolism of taking a wrecking ball to such a monument to greed and corruption is too, well, American. The next party in power would never be able to resist taking the swing. I know I wouldn’t. The ballroom project is a big deal for President Trump. We know this because when he’s supposed to be talking about some difficult or consequential matter of government, he pulls out the latest drawings and tries to change the subject to his ballroom.…