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.

>>1450769
Reminder:
>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 already
They're renovating it you stupid fuck.
Leftists beheaded statues of Teddy Roosevelt because some retard died from a fentanyl overdose.

>>1450807
Thank 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 teams
The East Wing was built in 1942 and has been gutted like four times since then. Stop with the pearl clutching.

>>1450904
Not 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

>>1450913
link?

>>1450814
Lying 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.

>>1450904
I 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.

>>1450968
Who is suppose to use this ballroom?!? Ants?!?!

>>1450814
Shut 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?

>>1450769
Oh 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 wants
Very 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 years
kek

So there's nothing wrong with demolishing part of the White House to build a ballroom?
Therefore there'll be nothing wrong with the next administration taking residence in the White House demolishing that ballroom and restoring that part of the White House to as it originally was before that part was demolished to add that ballroom to it.
I'm sure you'll agree with that, MAGAts.

>>1450983
Sure is weird how every educated person has TDS.
Sure is strange how everyone who knows what they're talking about appose everything Trump does.
Just bizarre. I wonder why that could be?

Sure is strange how someone who claims to be American thinks a certain word is spelled 'appose'
>appose
>a
The first letter of the actual word is on the other end of the keyboard, certainly next to the second & third letters which are the same, so it's impossible to be a typo

>>1451144
Sure is funny watching the people who screeched and wailed about muh history being erased for two solid years straight over moving statues of confederate traitors (created decades after the Civil War ended) to museums from public squares suddenly defending the literal, unilateral destruction of the White House

>>1451148
The east wing was built in the 1940s and have been gutted like five times. It serves as a fucking office block

>>1451148
And now you're screeching about 1970s construction of some administrative offices being relocated for a ballroom that will be used for public events.

>>1451145
I have a postgraduate degree, I'll make in the region of $130,000 this year. I'm MAGA as shit as are most people in my industry.

>>1451150
Yeah, but facts don't matter to this person, he's a mentally dissonant shill that only repeats think tank talking points.

Honestly part of me thinks he knows he's lying as he posts, he just doesn't care. I have a hard time believing someone like him actually exists who is consistently so factually incorrect

What is 130,000 in rupees coverted to USD?
>$1,480.59
lmao

>>1451149
>>1451150
So why are you suddenly cool with erasing history after screaming and crying about statues of confederate traitors for two years?
How did this go from one of the most important issues to rally against to something you're shrugging your shoulders about?
What changed for you?

>>1451154
Because removing an office block to replace it with a ballroom is not the same as ripping down statutes. Like, not even in the same universe.

>>1451154
Its cute you think you're going to get a factual, non facetious answer from a serial liar and shill

>>1451157
Do you spend your entire life malding on /news/ 24/7?

>>1451147
Appose vs oppose is a pretty common mixup, anon. It's like affect vs effect.

There's a certain group of Americans who do aerial re-enactments using planes from WWII. A couple of questions to certain individuals in /news/:
1- Why did said group change their name from the Confederate Air Force to the Commemorative Air Force: and way before all this pearl-clutching about statues being removed & place names changed, certainly since what happened at Charlottesville?
2- Why does the Commemorative Air Force have in their collection a P-51 Mustang with a red tail? The word 'Commemorative' in that group's name being a clue certainly about what USAAF P-51 Mustangs with red tails did to three Messerschmitt Me-262 jets over Berlin in March 1945

>>1451155
You're right. Trump unilaterally bypassing all oversight to tear down half of the White House, the literal headquarters of the head of the United States executive branch, is in a different universe as communities and towns choosing to move statues of traitors who waged war against America from town squares to museums.
A person who was offended by the latter but dismissive of the former is either a mindless partisan with no ideological consistency, or feels more emotional attachment and loyalty to traitors who died over 100 years ago than their own nation in the present.
Which one of those describes you?

>>1451159
>a pretty common mixup
Which explains how the common use that word. As opposed to 'oppose'.

>>1451161
>Which one of those describes you?
Oh, I dunno. Just ask those in the Commemorative Air Force why they changed their name from the Confederate Air Force, and way before statues were removed & place names changed.

>>1451155
Yeah it's leagues worse. One's a memorial to traitors, the other is actively in use and a symbol of our country as a whole.

>>1451161
Or, I don't really care that he tore down an office block. Neither do you, to be honest, its just the latest thing Trump has done and you're going to be mad about everything he does. This will be forgotten about in a week
>why do you care about statues
Why do you care?

>>1451166
>It's just an office block. Who cares about one of the most historically significant buildings in US history being treated like one of Trump's failed casinos

>>1451165
Lmao its the East wing. It was built in the 1940's and its been gutted half a million times. Its literally office space.

>>1451167
The East wing is not the Executive Residence. You don't even see it in imagery of the Wh.

>>1451166
>its just the latest thing Trump has done and you're going to be mad about everything he does
So once a new administration takes up residence in the White House and decides to demolish that ballroom & restores that part of the White House to as it originally was, you won't say no to that: indeed, you'll agree to the demolition of that ballroom?

>>1451170
No, because that would be retarded.

>>1451171
>No
Sounds like you'll be mad should that happen.
And what's to stop the new administration from demolishing that ballroom: you personally?

>>1451173
Yeah, because its retarded.

>>1451166
>This will be forgotten about in a week
Probably. Which is confusing, given, again, your side made moving statues of anti-American traitors from public squares to museums a major campaign issue of the 2020 election.
This is what confuses people who aren't in the MAGA cult. How MAGAts will scream bloody murder and make an issue a core part of their movement, then as soon as Trump does the same thing, or even something that should be considered worse by the standards MAGA claimed to hold when they were screaming and crying about for months, they instantly shift to "lol who cares"
That truly is the core of this. The disconnect between how five years ago MAGA made "erasing history" a major pillar of the 2020 campaign, but now handwave destroying half of the White House as renovating some office space.

>>1451175
Its not the same thing. Its the fucking Eastwing. Im starting to think you don't know where the EW is or what it looks like.

And what's to stop the new administration from demolishing that ballroom: you personally?
>>1451174
>Yeah
See you - and only you - at that part of the White House stopping the demolition of that ballroom then.
I'm sure you'd be able to persuade the Secret Servicemen there to let you through security cordons etc to prevent said ballroom demolition, amirite?

>>1451177
Who are you responding to?

>Would there be anything to stop the next administration taking residence in the White House from demolishing Trump's ballroom?
>Precedent and symbolism
>Presidential tradition: While presidents often add personal touches, major changes to the White House and its grounds have typically sought some degree of consensus and historical sensitivity. However, the current administration's move to demolish the historic East Wing without going through the standard approval process has already set a new precedent for bypassing these norms
Welp. There it is. The precedent's set. Build that ballroom.
...but said precedent means that said norms previously bypassed to build that ballroom can be bypassed again to demolish that ballroom and restore the East Wing of the White House to as it originally was before said demolition.

>>1451176
>It's not the same thing because Trump did it so it's good actually, forget about my hysterics over statues of literal traitors a few years ago

1451178 has no reading comprehension

As with most things trump, I simply ask myself how the Maga faggots would have reacted if Obama did it. Just imagine it for a second

>>1451182
It would be one of the few based things Obama did.

>>1451180
Again, two completely sperate issues. I have now concluded you don't know what the EW is btw.

>>1451182
Good post

>>1451179
It would actually be a very powerful symbolic gesture for whoever the next Democrat president is to bulldoze the ballroom as soon as they get sworn in
Watching them literally bulldoze Trump's legacy as soon as he's out of the picture would go a long way to moving the country past this retarded era of politics

>>1451186
Lmao you're so utterly unhinged. Next president will use it because its a very useful and practical addition.

The subtext is that youre mad that there will be a permanent reminder of the Trump era.

>>1451187
I doubt it will even be built to code given who's building it. Drywall and gilded plastic isn't that useful.

>>1451184
>based things Obama did
Obamacare.
In the Oval Office of the White House right now there's a bust of a Conservative prime minister who applauded what a prime minister after him, Clement Attlee: Labour, did: institute the National Health Service in 1948.
Trump admires the Conservative prime minister represented by that bust, Winston Churchill. So as it was Churchill who planned the National Health Service during WWII, Obamacare is based. You'll be disagreeing with Trump who admires Churchill if you say Obamacare isn't based.

>>1451190
Im sorry. I don't speak schizo.

>>1451187
It's obvious you'll be mad should a post-Trump administration demolish that ballroom.

>>1451187
>useful and practical addition
It's a gaudy, expensive throwback to a bygone era. Who the fuck cares about throwing a ball in 2025? Other than a demented 80 year old who thinks it's 1982 and Queen Elizabeth will be flying over to discuss the war in the Falkland Islands.
Beyond that, the next Democrat president is going to be spending so much time cleaning up the mess Trump has made of things they won't have time for stupid pageantry like that.

1451191
>being this mad
I accept your concession

>>1451193
The ballroom is a place that can host events including press conferences, award ceremonies, state dinners, and holiday events open to the public.

The east wing was a bunch of offices used by paper pushers. Those offices got moved a few blocks away. Doesn't matter because the government uses Microsoft Teams for everything now, and most of them did remote work during Covid.

>>1450807
It's demolished, it's completely fucking gone, there is no east wing anymore. It's rubble. There is no fucking east wing, there is no 'it' you're referring to, there was a east wing if that's what you're talking about.

>>1451195
>The ballroom is a place that can host events including press conferences, award ceremonies, state dinners, and holiday events open to the public.
Because the US has been cripplingly unable to ever do this in the past.

>>1451195
there are already places for those things, the white house is a national monument built by our four fathers you fucking traitor. (if you're even a traitor, you're likely a russian bot.)

>>1451200
>four fathers
I hope I am being trolled by this concern tranny

>>1451144
Why are you so mind broken about a ballroom that all future presidents can use?

>>1451209
It's a massive waste of money that demolishes a century of history for something that is effectively just Trump's vanity project?

And don't say "Well it's a waste of Trump's money!' when he's paying himself from his own lawsuit against the DOJ.

>>1451144
>So there's nothing wrong with demolishing part of the White House to build a ballroom?
Numerous presidents have removed, added and renovated parts of the white house multiple times. The east wing didn't even exist until 1902. Prior to the completion of this project, White House events had to be held outside in a circus tent.

Basically, democrats are retarded.

>>1451213
They actually went through proper channels to do so, and didn't do such a blatant vanity project at a time where the job market is in the shitter, inflation is rising, and, oh right, THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN.

>>1451179
>Precedent and symbolism
>Presidential tradition: While presidents often add personal touches, major changes to the White House and its grounds have typically sought some degree of consensus and historical sensitivity. However, the current administration's move to demolish the historic East Wing without going through the standard approval process has already set a new precedent for bypassing these norms
1451213
Basically, MAGAts are retarded
1451209
Why would you be all broken up about a ballroom being broken up in the future?

>>1451214
>blatant vanity project
Aw yeah I guess you're right, people should stand out in the rain because the party of "we need infinite immigration and want universal healthcare" don't want to waste taxdollars.

>>1451229
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/white-house-ballroom-approval-process-5933a9
>Based on the analyses provided, yes, the White House ballroom is subject to National Park Service approval. Multiple sources confirm that President Trump has held several meetings with members of the White House staff, the National Park Service, the White House Military Office, and the United States Secret Service to discuss design features and planning for the new $200 million ballroom construction [1] [2] [3].
DEMOCRATS
ARE
UNMITIGATED
LYING
FAGGOTS

>>1451230
>Resorting to all level of black or white and strawman fallacies
NTA, but I accept your concession on his behalf

>>1451233
>muh fallacies
You're a liar, eat shit.

>>1451230
billionaires will never ejaculate riches into your mouth no matter how hard you fellate them. have a penny

>An East Wing demolished
>you must deal with it libs, and you don't have the right to question our opinions! Rules for thee but not for me!
>A ballroom can be demolished
You must deal with it. If you don't, your hypocrisy's showing.
Hypocrisy. It's hardwired into the DNA of rightards.

>>1451234
Aw, xhe's big mad now

>>1451236
>w...were gunna demolish it!
Peak toddler.

>>1451231
>FAGGOTS
Thst's quite the sexual obsession you have there. Is there something you want to tell us?

>were
>gunna
esl shill is definitely not hooked on phonics