Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had some words Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom at the annual slavery commiseration at the President’s House in Old City. <\/p>\n
The 24th annual commiseration occurred as city leaders and advocates continue to fight a legal battle<\/a> to get an exhibit on slavery at the site restored after the Trump administration replaced panels at the exhibit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Krasner, who was one of the speakers at the event, said that President Donald Trump is a “pain in the ass” and an “embodiment of hate, the embodiment of ignorance and the embodiment of depriving people of their vote and education.” <\/p>\n Krasner also said that the President’s House site with a memorial and educational content will continue to exist in the years to come, while Trump’s ballroom will not. <\/p>\n “In about 10 to 15 years, we are all going to be sitting here with smiles on our faces,” Krasner said. “And I’m going to have a paper weight sitting on my desk. And do you know what that paper weight’s going to be? It’s going to be a piece of the ballroom after we blow it up.”<\/p>\n Krasner also said that the ballroom’s explosion will be done in an “official ceremony,” and the ballroom’s pieces will be sold to pay back the taxpayers. <\/p>\n “And I will have one on my desk,” he said. <\/p>\n Trump’s ballroom is under construction where the White House’s East Wing used to stand. The cost of the project is estimated around $400 million, with about $200 million in private donations spent or committed to the project, according to the Trump administration. <\/p>\n