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The East Wing of the White House was demolished this week, making way for a new $300 million ballroom. Panelists joined Washington Week With The Atlantic to discuss what authority Donald Trump may have to dismantle the historic structure.

“There are a lot of memories that people have there,” Toluse Olorunnipa, a staff writer at The Atlantic, said last night. “Seeing it defaced and deconstructed in a matter of three days was really shocking to the conscience of a lot of people, especially people who have worked there.”

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