President Trump reportedly wanted to swoop in under the cover of darkness to destroy the East Wing of the White House , RadarOnline.com can report, in an attempt to keep the massive construction project "hidden" from the public.

The controversial ballroom has now ballooned to a price of more than $300million. Article continues below advertisement

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After first promising that construction would have no effect on the historic building, bulldozers completely leveled the East Wing for the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

Trump biographer and nemesis Michael Wolff said the president dropped his promise not to touch the "people's house" after learning it would be much quicker to simply tear i

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