Construction crews began tearing down part of the White House East Wing on Monday as work commenced on President Donald Trump’s long-promised $250 million “big, beautiful” ballroom.

“I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom,” Trump posted on Truth Social. He added that the project was being privately funded by wealthy benefactors, not taxpayers.

Videos shared online showed heavy machinery ripping through the East Wing façade, marking one of the largest structural overhauls of the White House in decades.

“Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernised as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete,” Trump wrote.

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