A demolition crew takes apart the facade of the East Wing of the White House, where U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed ballroom is being built, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) -U.

White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction | Oct. 24 Big beautiful ballroomThe symbolism in President Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House is inescapable.

According to critics, President Donald Trump may be building a new kind of Halloween legacy by going ahead with the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom in the East Wing of the White House. This project,

President Donald Trump’s plan to erect a massive ballroom where the White House’s historic East Wing once stood has reignited old questions about the power of the purse and new ones about an unchecked executive branch.

Over the last week, President Trump has completely demolished the old East Wing of the White House in order to make way for his new 90,000-square foot ballroom — and only about a quarter of Americans approve,

Donald Trump has reduced the White House’s historic East Wing to nothing but mangled metal and rubble. New photos from the scene capture the violent ferocity with which the president demolished the century-old building to carve space for his gigantic $300 million ballroom.

As President Donald Trump faces outrage from critics over his new ballroom, one senator fears a different historic monument could be a future target of his demolition efforts. The construction of Trump’s long-sought $300 million,

The construction of the ballroom has sparked widespread backlash from critics after crews were first spotted tearing down the East Wing at the beginning of last week. Trump had previously vowed to not “interfere” with the historic building’s existing structure,