The destruction of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s gaudy $250 million ballroom is continuing at a furious pace.
New photos published by The Washington Post show a construction team further tearing down parts of the historic building, as outrage grows over the extent of the destruction for a vanity project demanded by the president.
“Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see this picture,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X while sharing an image of the almost entirely flattened wing. “He’s literally destroying the White House.”
Trump’s multimillion-dollar ballroom, which has not received the usual federal commission approvals, is being constructed as waves of federal employees go unpaid during the government shutdown, or have already been laid off by the