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Aerial Images Show Before/after of White House Demolition
The $300 million project funded by tech giants aims to replace an outdated East Wing with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to better host large events, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the East Wing of the White House was demolished, with debris trucked to the East Potomac Golf Course to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
- The White House released a full list of donors this week that included Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft and Meta, while President Donald Trump said the project would cost $460 million.
- Democrats have voiced angry backlash and questioned procedural compliance, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed criticism Thursday, saying the president was "incredibly transparent" and Trump explained, "In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure."
- Existing White House facilities already struggle with large events, with several state dinners held in tents on the South Lawn, while the trust warned the ballroom proposal would overwhelm the White House and nearly double its 55,000-square-foot size.
- Mr Scharf said the review would include three open meetings with public comment and likely last about three months, noting the East Wing was built in 1902 and expanded 40 years later.
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The East Wing of the White House has now been demolished. The building is being taken down to make way for Donald Trump's ballroom. But the fact that Trump is breaking his previous promises and now destroying a historic landmark has also drawn harsh criticism.
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On Monday the excavators rolled on and the east wing of the White House is said to have completely disappeared by the weekend. A gap in the regulations makes it possible that the demolition takes place at this speed – among other things.
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