Demolition work on the East Wing of the White House resumed on Thursday, Oct. 23 to make way for President Donald Trump 's 90,000-square-foot ballroom .

Video footage from Washington D.C. shows part of the home shared by the president and his family crumble to the ground with debris all around as billows of smoke rose into the air above the White House in what marked the first time a president ordered major construction in nearly eight decades. Photos from the scene show cranes near the White House as the building is gutted for Trump's nearly $200 million project.

While Trump initially said his new ballroom would not touch the building's East Wing, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, a White House spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY that the "entirety" of the East Wing will be undergoing "mode

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