President Trump’s White House ballroom construction project has prompted incredulous reactions from lawmakers and public officials online.
The start of construction on President Trump’s new White House ballroom has prompted incredulous reactions and widespread condemnation from Democratic lawmakers and public officials online.
Construction vehicles tore down part of the White House’s East Wing Monday. In the place of the debris, Trump plans to erect a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The work is projected to cost around $250 million and, if all goes according to plan, will nearly double the size of the existing White House structure. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in July that the ballroom will be paid for by both private donors and Trump himself.
Trump had previously claimed that the ballroom’s construction would not interfere with the building’s current structure. The destruction witnessed Monday proved those comments to be false.
