A Developer's Legacy Ambition Meets Washington's Legal Landscape

President Trump has brought his New York real estate background to the White House, and NPR reports he wants to leave a physical legacy in the capital. Experts NPR spoke with say D.C. is a very different historic and legal landscape from the one he built in, and they worry about the precedent he could set. The precedent is the part that outlasts any single facade. A building can be altered or pulled down; a rule about how a president may remake the capital is available to whoever comes next.