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President Donald Trump responded to former first lady Michelle Obama's criticism of his White House renovation plans in an interview with Laura Ingraham, boasting that the new ballroom replacing the East Wing will be "one of the greatest" in the world.

"The East Wing is being spent by private donors. It's a $250, $300 million building. It's going to be the most beautiful anywhere in the world," he said Monday.

"They had an event [at the White House] the other day. With tables, they could hold 79 people. Now, if you have President Xi from China, or if you have some big state event, we have no place to have it. You know what they did? …They will put a tent on the lawn. It was a low section because that's the only section you

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