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What to know about the $250 million ballroom. -- Another big lie [View all]
https://archive.ph/q6Egw#selection-261.0-261.79https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/21/trump-ballroom-white-house-east-wing-demolish/5e5e5212-aebb-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html
The Republican president and top White House officials had initially said nothing would be demolished during construction.
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The president and his chief spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, said over the summer that the White House itself would remain intact as the ballroom was going up.
“It’ll be near it but not touching it,” Trump said. “Nothing will be torn down,” Leavitt added.
That turned out not to be the case.
And some other stuff.
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