October 21, 2025

Trump begins messing with White House construction

NBC News - Construction crews started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House as part of Trump’s project to build a new ballroom, according to an administration official.

Trump said in July that the project "won't interfere with the current building." The White House did not immediately respond to questions from NBC News about how much of the structure it plans to demolish and why it's happening after Trump's earlier insistence.

The project could be the biggest physical change to the White House since the 1940s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the East Wing in 1942, followed by President Harry Truman's adding an eponymous balcony on the South Portico in 1948. 
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