US EditionTrump's White House East Wing Demolition Continues
The $250 million project will create a 90,000-square-foot event space as part of Trump’s broader White House remodel, drawing criticism from media hosts.
- On Monday, a demolition crew started long-planned work to partially demolish the East Wing of the White House, creating a 90,000 square foot, $250 million event space.
- As part of a broader remodel effort, President Donald Trump began demolishing the East Wing despite earlier promises the privately funded venue would not touch the historic building, following gilding the Oval Office, paving the Rose Garden, and adding two massive flag poles.
- Viral images shown on MSNBC flagship morning show Morning Joe captured an excavator tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, while employees were told by the Office of Public Affairs not to photograph the grounds without approval.
- On Tuesday, Morning Joe hosts criticized the work as Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski blasted President Donald Trump for taking a `wrecking ball` to the White House and warned future presidents might `knock down all the walls`.
- Critics highlighted economic context and optics as The View hosts called the ballroom seating of 650 people a symbol of excess amid three percent inflation and 74 percent reporting price hikes.
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The HinduWhite House East Wing will be torn down fully to make way for Trump ballroom
WASHINGTON — The full East Wing of the White House will be torn down to make way for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate’s pledge that the project would not interfere with the existing U.S. landmark.
Analysis of Aaron Blake When President Donald Trump reflected last week on the imminent construction of his ballroom at the White House, the veteran real estate developer was practically excited by the lack of bureaucratic paperwork. He pointed out that his projects in New York often took years to begin. “They told me, ‘Sir, you can start tonight’,” Trump said. “I said, what are you talking about? ‘You have no urban restrictions. You are the pre…
Trump's White House East Wing Demolition Continues
President Donald Trump has begun demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to construct a $250 million entertainment venue. The new ballroom will be nearly double the size of the main complex and will be used to host major functions honoring world leaders, foreign nations, and other…
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a very large part of the eastern wing of the White House would be destroyed in order to give way to a ballroom he ardently desires, confirming that the demolition work would be much larger than previously announced.
"Do you hear that sound?" President Trump asked senators yesterday about "the beautiful sound of construction." "It's music to my ears." Trump hosted his fellow Republicans in the White House's famed Rose Garden, which he had paved this summer. This was considered controversial at the time, but now Trump is tearing down entire sections of the White House. The American president is often seen as a wrecking ball, but the fact that he's also litera…
The Volvo excavator tearing away the east facade of the White House to blow up a privately funded ballroom is the perfect metaphor for Trump's second term.
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