Trump demolishes White House East Wing
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Melania Trump has been silent on demolition of the East Wing, home to first ladies for decades
As the walls come down on the part of the White House that’s been synonymous with American first ladies for decades, Melania Trump has remained silent.
The White House is expected to demolish the entire East Wing to allow for construction of President Trump’s ballroom, sources familiar with the project told ABC News.
The entire East Wing of the White House is being demolished to make way for President Trump’s planned massive ballroom. “In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure,” Trump, flanked by renderings of the ballroom, told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Trump’s acknowledgement that the East Wing…
President Donald Trump has proceeded with enormous latitude as he constructs his massive new ballroom, bypassing concerns raised by preservationists and so far stopping short of seeking approval from the commission overseeing construction on federal buildings to tear down the entirety of the White House East Wing.