The East Wing of the White House will be entirely demolished , the Trump administration confirmed on Wednesday, months after the president promised the building’s facade would remain untouched.

A White House official told NBC News that the “entirety” of the East Wing, usually reserved as a base for the first lady, would be “modernized and rebuilt” in an ongoing process with no clear timeline.

“The scope and the size of the ballroom project have always been subject to vary as the process develops,” the representative told the outlet.

Recent developments contradict Trump’s July comments about the construction project.

“It won’t interfere with the current building,” he said. “It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the bigges

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