With little fanfare, the Trump administration demolished the East Wing of the White House in order to make space for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom. President Donald Trump teased the project for months, first announcing his plan to build a $100 million addition back in February. But the Trump administration didn’t originally say that construction of the ballroom — whose price tag has since more than tripled — would require the entire East Wing to be razed.
Kriston Capps reports on what we know.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/what-to-know-about-trump-s-demolition-of-the-white-house-east-wing?srnd=phx-explainers
