The White House’s East Wing was demolished this week in a surprise round of preparations to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom.

Trump insisted in July that his planned 90,000 square-foot ballroom would be “near” the East Wing, but “not touching it,” and that construction would not “interfere with the current building.”

He later changed his mind, telling guests at a dinner for ballroom donors on Oct. 15, “Everything out there is coming down, and we’re replacing it with one of the most beautiful ballrooms that you’ve ever seen.”

That has already come to pass.

Demolition crews have already destroyed the entire East Wing of the White House, including the Office of the First Lady, the historic East Colonnade, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The destruction is

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