reminds him where he is

And he has zero budget constraints, the American taxpayers will foot the bill for his every whim.

This will never be finished, it will become a symbol of his failure next year and the year after.

He's thinking, "Fuck it, I'll leave my mark, that'll show 'em"! And in the process he'll make the next Democratic president clean up his mess, just like other Republican presidents have done to their successors.

the Inauguration ceremony? The next ceremony is going to have to last for weeks. I can't imagine how long it's going to take to remove all the gold flea market finds, patch the holes and restore the building to its former "normie" status. What a mess.

It was probably farther for him to walk the inside hallways, so he did a straight shot outside. He is too old and frail to make the longer trip.

...having already ruined this nation.