James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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President Trump didn’t want to adhere to building safety codes for his White House ballroom and fought with its original architect until he quit. The Washington Pos t reports , citing anonymous sources, that James McCrery II withdrew from the project in October after warning repeatedly that the ball…
“I am the code.” So said President Trump to the first architect working on the new White House ballroom being built on the ruins of the building’s East Wing, scoffing at his concerns over possible fire, health, and safety violations.
