Stephen Colbert has proof that the Trump administration knows how unpopular the president’s ballroom project is.

As of Thursday, the East Wing of the White House is being demolished to make room for Trump’s $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, even though the president promised in July that it wouldn’t be touched at all.

“Here [Trump] is talking about it this summer,” Colbert said.

He showed a clip of Trump explaining, “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.”

“So, that was a lie,” Colbert replied.

Quoting from a Wall Street Journal article, Colbert soon added, “Someone in his administration is clearly smart enough to know how bad this looks, because the Treasury Department is rig

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