https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/white-house-trump-new-ballroom-demolitionTrump administration officials confirmed to various outlets on Wednesday that the White House’s East Wing will be demolished “within days”, a revelation given the administration has not submitted plans for the new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings.In discussion with reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Donald Trump was asked by Jeff Mason of Reuters to respond to the widespread surprise that the entire East Wing is being torn down. Trump said that the wing he described as a separate building “was never thought of as being much; it was a very small building”.“Rather than allowing that to hurt a very expensive, beautiful building,” he continued. “In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure.”Then, pointing at a model of the new ballroom on a table in front of him, and a new structure leading to the ballroom in the location where the East Wing used to be, Trump added: “The way it was shown, it looked like we were touching the White House. We don’t touch the White House.”“That’s a bridge, a glass bridge going from the White House to the ballroom,” Trump said, of the new structure that will replace the East Wing.Trump said the result is “going to be probably the finest ballroom ever built” and that the ballroom is “being paid for 100% by me and some friends of mine”.The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing a senior administration official, that the ballroom plans will mean the demolition of the entire East Wing. The official also said the demolition should be finished by this weekend.
Two Trump officials told NBC News similar information, noting the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days”.On Tuesday, the White House told Reuters it intended to send plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, an agency that typically approves and monitors construction on federal buildings. Demolition began earlier this week, with reporters taking video of a backhoe ripping out chunks of the White House’s exterior.Plans for Trump’s 90,000 sq ft ballroom were made public in the late summer, with Trump saying he would personally fund the $200m construction. “Just another way to spend my money for this construction,” he said at the time.White House officials insist demolition is allowed without the commission’s approval. Will Scharf, the Trump-appointed head of the commission, who is also a White House staff secretary, said in September there was a difference between demolition and rebuilding work, and only the commission can approve new construction.In a statement to the Guardian, a White House official said: “The National Planning Commission does not require permits for demolition, only for vertical construction. Permits will be submitted to the NPC at the appropriate time.”But in a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a leading historic preservation non-profit created by Congress, told the White House that demolition plans were “legally required” to go through public review and urged Trump to pause demolition.“We are deeply concerned that the massing height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself – it is 55,000 sq ft – and may also permanently disrupt carefully balanced classical design of the White House with its two smaller, and lower, East and West Wings,” the group said in the letter.
During Trump’s first term, the White House went through the commission to install a new fence, a much smaller project than the construction of the new ballroom.Amid the backlash over the demolition, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told Fox News on Tuesday that “there’s a lot of fake outrage out there right now”.“While many presidents have dreamt about this, it is actually President Trump who is actually doing something about it. And he is the builder-in-chief. In large part, he was re-elected to this people’s house because he is good at building things,” Leavitt said, noting that many presidents had made changes to the White House.Critics have pointed out that Trump over the summer said new construction would not affect the existing structure.“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and [it] pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of,” Trump said.
>>1450769Reminder:>Statues of traitors whose nation lasted for less time than Spongebob Squarepants: "This is our heritage!">The entire east wing of the fucking White House: *crickets*
>>1450804>tfw listening to canadians talk about retarded Trump is for demolishing the White House after they burned it down once alreadyThey're renovating it you stupid fuck. Leftists beheaded statues of Teddy Roosevelt because some retard died from a fentanyl overdose.
>>1450807Thank God Trump has people like you to defend his every boneheaded action.
>>1450807>They're renovating it you stupid fuck.By tearing down a historic building with absolutely 0 consultation with any historians or preservation teams. Oh, and it also recently came out that they have yet to actually fucking submit a plan for the ballroom itself, meaning the east wing will be rubble for the foreseeable future until they figure out what they should've figured out before they did so much as remove a painting from it.
>>1450814>By tearing down a historic building with absolutely 0 consultation with any historians or preservation teamsThe East Wing was built in 1942 and has been gutted like four times since then. Stop with the pearl clutching.
>>1450904Not to this degree and not with this little a plan. The White House is going to be sitting there with a gaping hole in the side consisting of a century of history, all because Trump wanted his ballroom but couldn't be fucked to actually submit the plans for it.
Meanwhile, Gavin spent 1.5 billion of taxpayer money to build a new capitol building with swimming pools and hidden rooms and corridors like the batcave
>>1450913link?
>>1450814Lying again, on /news? Wow.>>1450786>The White House Historical Association, a nonprofit organization that aims to protect, preserve and provide public access to the White House, confirmed that it took steps to document the White House East Wing this summer, prior to demolition.OP post states "No Plans">Article shows a literal physical mockup of the ballroom.
>>1450769>a revelation given the administration has not submitted plans for the new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings.Alright, let's look at the complaint here.So, you're telling me that the executive hasn't sent plans to his underlings, given that the agency that oversees construction of federal buildings likely does so using the authority of the executive.
>>1450769>Trump said that the wing he described as a separate building “was never thought of as being much; it was a very small building”.>“Rather than allowing that to hurt a very expensive, beautiful building,” he continued. “In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure.”What?>>1450807>They're renovating it you stupid fuck. They're tearing it down you dumb bitch. That's not renovating, that's leveling.
>>1450949>They're tearing it down you dumb bitch. That's not renovating, that's leveling.(You)
>>1450925>But in a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a leading historic preservation non-profit created by Congress, told the White House that demolition plans were “legally required” to go through public review and urged Trump to pause demolition.>“We are deeply concerned that the massing height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself – it is 55,000 sq ft – and may also permanently disrupt carefully balanced classical design of the White House with its two smaller, and lower, East and West Wings,” the group said in the letter.Read retard. Shockingly there's a difference between documenting things and having preservationists on site to make sure you aren't reducing history to rubble.>>Article shows a literal physical mockup of the ballroom.A mockup isn't the same as an actual construction blueprint or layout, which they do not have per the National Planning Commission. They even said outright "oh well we don't need a permit for demolition compared to construction", confirming they have yet to submit the plan for the ballroom itself. Anyone can make a little 3d render of what they want something to look like; that's not the same as ordering material, verifying what you're making is physically possible and safe, and then mapping it out in real life.
>>1450904I found the wiki-cuck. You'd call nuclear war a much needed heat generator if Trump was behind it. You're a lackey for an unclean spirit. Enjoy Hell, Christ-killer.
>>1450968Who is suppose to use this ballroom?!? Ants?!?!
>>1450814Shut the fuck up. The "historians" all have TDS and are going to oppose anything Trump wants. He wants a new ballroom completed before he leaves office and the only easy to do it is to tell the Democrats to go fuck themselves
>>1450983>Guys everyone whose job it is to know the proper channels to go through has TDS! It couldn't possibly be that Trump is in the wrong, ever!It is objective fact he was supposed to run the demolition itself through public review and failed to do so. "Move fast and break things" doesn't work when it comes to running a country or dealing with historical buildings.
>>1450807>They're renovating it you stupid fuck.Like Columbia during the Civil War, amirite?
>>1450769Oh yeah he's just raised the cost projection by fucking 50%, now saying he thinks it will cost three hundred million dollars.How it is possible to spend that much money on a big ornate box is beyond me, but I suspect the answer is Russian-tier grift.
>>1450987>Sorry orange man. Everything you want to do needs 3 more years for approval Yah, nah. Trump knows better now
>>1451100>Trump is a king and can just ignore all ethical and legal protocols to get whatever he wantsVery nice argument. I look forward to the next Dem president melting every single thing Trump has had built into a statue of him and Epstein being executed.
>>1451100>thinks Trump is going to be president for another 3 yearskek
