General Discussion

So the argument that this couldn't happen "because money" is not especially compelling.

I *absolutely* could imagine IQ47 WANTING to do exactly what PCIntern suggests. You are right to say "that don't make it so", of course. But it's not preposterous to suggest he might do that, because demolishing the Rose Garden and the East Wing are already done, and at least in the case of the East Wing, there were steps that SHOULD have happened beforehand, which did not. And he has his cronies everywhere, including the Park Service. Ergo it's not hard to imagine that their "standing idly by" could indeed happen.

Also, your last statement, though true, is not proof any particular thing cannot happen. Clearly Trump is able to accomplish a great deal of evil despite the public having a non-zero amount of power. We only have power in certain arenas/aspects, and this may not be one of them

A valid Venn diagram to illustrate this point could be easily conjured.