The East Wing of the White House in 1992
Posted on 10/22/2025 1:40:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The White House has admitted that the East Wing will be totally demolished to make way for Donald Trump's new ballroom.
Trump had originally claimed that the 83-year-old building wouldn't be touched in the construction of the $250 million privately-funded ballroom.
But when a backhoe was pictured on Monday smashing through the walls of the historic building it set off alarm bells.
Now the White House is confirming that it will be cheaper and more structurally sound to demolish the entire wing, rather than build an extension, an official told The New York Times.
The White House was initially cagey about what the plans for the East Wing were, with suggestions that part of the structure would remain intact.
Trump, announcing the ballroom earlier this year, claimed: 'It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.'
But last week, when he was hosting ballroom donors at a dinner in the East Room, the president appeared to say the quiet part out loud.
Trump opened the gold curtains behind him to unveil the construction site.
'It will be demolished,' he said. 'Everything out there is coming down and it will be replaced by the most beautiful ballroom.'
The Times reported that the demolition will be completed by this weekend.
A photograph obtained by journalist Chris Geidner from the vantage point of the Treasury Department on Tuesday showed just three walls of the East Wing still standing.
The demolition has prompted outcry from former East Wing staffers from Democratic and Republican administrations alike.
A number of of former staffers of Republican First Lady Pat Nixon had written to the National Capital Planning Commission to try and get the project stopped,
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These spoiled brat lefties crying over this need to get a life!
I’m for structurally sound in any building project
The whole thing is a pieced together tacked onto multiple times over many decades mish-mash. Don’t have a problem with it.
Is there anything really special or historical in the east wing?
Daily Mail is a “trouble maker” site.
The East Wing of the White House in 1992
It’ll never look like it used to.
No.
Bill spooged his first intern there. Long before Monica.
It was added in 1902 and then again in 1942.
Now it will be in good shape for another 100 years unless the democrats get control and destroy everything
Impressive, but I'm holding out to see what Former staffers of Betty Ford have to say before I can decide.
He is the President, he can do what he sees fit for the White House.
East Wing is boring, time for an upgrade.
It may take them 20 years but they will do that.
I put it at 50% of it happening.
I think President Trump can handle a construction project.
In my opinion, this is horrible optics for the Trump administration. That and allowing the Qatar military to establish an Air Force Base out and what, South Dakota? The Democrats are gonna hammer Trump on this ballroom renovation business while people are not getting their food stamps. Bad move. I’m Trump’s part. Bad timing.
I’ve many rat politicians on FB crying “Trump is destroying the White House,” to which i’ve been replying, “your party destroyed the country!!!”
A wonder they haven’t asked that the part built with slave labor be torn down.
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