Donald Trump has revealed the “existing structure” of the White House’s historic East Wing will be torn down to make way for his new ballroom , despite previously saying the construction would not “interfere” with the building.

“In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

The move has sparked anger from Democrats, with Hillary Clinton, who ran against Trump in 2016, writing on X: “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.” New Feature

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Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California and a prominent critic of Trump, said the demolition of the East Wing was “perfect symbolism”.

“This is a wrecking ball presidency,” he wrote.

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