As Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that his plan to construct a new White House ballroom worth $250 million had entered the next phase, construction workers swung into action, ripping off the face of the East Wing.

"I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Videos taken on Monday afternoon showed the renovation work in full swing, with Trump taking to social media to assure people that the ballroom was being bankrolled by rich benefactors, not taxpayers.

The ongoing work to construct Trump's 90,000-square-foot ballroom constitute one of the largest renovations to the White House in decades.

Not since President Harry Truman built out what became the West Wing ha

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