Trump insisted in July that the $250 million project, which he said would be financed by him and private donors, “won’t interfere with the current building.”
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Oct. 20, 2025, 7:11 PM EDTBy Monica Alba and Raquel Coronell UribeWASHINGTON — Construction crews Monday started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House as part of President Donald Trump’s project to build a new ballroom, according to an administration official.Trump said in July that the project “won’t interfere with the current building.”“It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of,” Trump said at the time.The White House did not immediately respond to questions from NBC News about how much of the structure it plans to demolish and why it’s happening after Trump’s earlier insistence that the White House itself wouldn’t be touched.The Washington Post was first to report on the demolition.
