The U.S. Has Begun Demolishing Part Of The White House
16- 21.10.2025, 7:42
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According to Trump's "plan."
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that construction of a ballroom has begun on the White House grounds. Part of the building is being demolished for this purpose.
This was reported by NBC News.
Demolition of part of the White House’s East Wing as part of Trump’s project began on Monday, October 20. This was initially reported to the media by an administration spokesperson and was soon publicly confirmed by the U.S. president himself.
“I am pleased to announce that construction has begun on a new, large, and beautiful ballroom on the White House grounds. The East Wing, which is completely separate from the White House itself, is being fully modernized as part of this process and will be even more beautiful once construction is complete," Trump wrote.
He added that for over 150 years, “every president has dreamed of a ballroom in the White House” to host formal receptions, state visits, and the like.
“It is a great honor for me to be the first president to finally bring this much-needed project to fruition—at no cost to American taxpayers,” the U.S. president emphasized.
According to him, the White House ballroom is funded by private sources—"many generous patriots, major American companies, and, humbly, your humble servants."
“This ballroom will be joyfully used by future generations,” Trump concluded.
Footage has also appeared on social media showing that demolition has begun.
Earlier in July, Trump said that the project “will not interfere with the existing building.”
“It will be located nearby but will not touch it, and will show complete respect for the existing building, of which I am a great fan,” Trump said at the time.
The White House, for its part, even before Trump’s post today, did not immediately respond to questions from NBC News about which part of the building they plan to demolish and why this is happening despite Trump’s recent statements that the White House itself would not be touched.
In September, the U.S. president said that the ballroom would seat up to 900 people, which is nearly 40% more than the originally planned capacity of 650.
The initial cost of the project was estimated at $200 million. However, at a dinner for the ballroom’s major donors last week, Trump confirmed that the new price tag would be around $250 million.
According to NBC, the project could be the largest physical alteration to the White House since the 1940s, when President Franklin Roosevelt expanded the East Wing in 1942, and then President Harry Truman added the eponymous balcony to the South Portico in 1948.
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