‘Boy Meets World’ Actor Slams Trump's Ballroom Project In Poignant Throwback Post
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William Daniels didn't mince words when it came to the president's plans for a $300 million ballroom adjacent to the White House.
Actor William Daniels is expressing his distaste for President Donald Trump’s controversial updates to the White House with a poignant throwback.
On Monday, Daniels shared a photo of himself and two co-stars in full costume from Broadway’s “1776,” in which he portrayed John Adams. In 1970, the musical ― which depicts the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ― became the first ever to be staged in its entirety at the White House, then occupied by President Richard Nixon.
“We performed ‘1776’ in the beautiful East Room when Nixon was in the White House. He was very gracious even though none of us had voted for him,” Daniels, best known by some for his portrayal of George Feeny on “Boy Meets World,” wrote in the caption. “The current president has ripped a piece of history from our lives and we mustn’t take this lightly.”
Daniels’ post was a pointed dig at Trump’s plans for a 90,000-square-foot, $300 million ballroom adjacent to the White House. Last week, construction crews demolished the entirety of the White House’s East Wing to make way for the project, drawing outrage from historic preservationists.
The East Room, where Daniels and his castmates performed 55 years ago, is part of the White House’s Executive Residence and therefore not believed to have been demolished. However, Trump has cited the relatively small size of the East Room, which has a capacity of about 200 people, in outlining his vision for the ballroom, now set to reportedly accommodate 999. He suggested last week that the ballroom could be connected to the East Room.
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