Trump Shops for Marble, While Gaza Shops for Rubble
While The Hill focuses on Trump's alleged interest in marble for a White House ballroom, (a story from 2017 resurfacing now, how quaint), Palestinians are scrambling for safe passage, food, and medicine under constant bombardment. The Biden administration, inheriting much of Trump's foreign policy, continues to greenlight weapons shipments to Israel, including 155mm artillery shells and
precision-guided munitions (according to July 2024 reports), bolstering an assault that has, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, killed over 37,000 people since October 7. One might wonder if the same media outlets so keen on presidential interior design find the ongoing destruction in Gaza equally worthy of continuous, dispassionate coverage. While Trump's decor preferences might make for
light copy, perhaps the vast sums of taxpayer money facilitating humanitarian catastrophe deserve a bit more consistent scrutiny than what type of stone lines a ballroom floor.