The Trump administration is scrambling to explain why the entire East Wing of the White House was bulldozed last week — a move President Donald Trump repeatedly insisted would never happen.

Now that it’s reduced to rubble, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed a new excuse, claiming the building “could have had asbestos. It could have been mold.”

Bessent’s remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press” came as public anger intensifies over the administration’s rapid demolition to make way for Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom — a $300 million project he intends to name after himself.

“I think this was a judgment call on the president. The president is a master builder,” Bessent said from Malaysia, where Trump was attending a diplomatic summit. “I completely endorse what the president’s d

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