JULY 2025, RE: the East WIng: "I'll be near it, but not touching it, and it pays total respect." [View all]
The original East Wing, which has existed in its current form since 1942, is 12,000 square feet, while the residence is 50,000 square feet.
The demolition work comes despite Trump insisting during an executive order signing in July that his ballroom renovations wouldn’t “interfere with the current building.”
“It won’t be. It’ll be near it, but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite, It’s my favorite place,” Trump said.
That same month, however, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “the necessary construction will take place” to “modernize” the East Wing.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-workers-given-secret-order-as-donald-trump-tears-down-the-white-houses-east-wing/
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