Construction began on President Donald Trump 's new $250 million White House ballroom with workers demolishing part of the East Wing ahead of building a 90,000-square-foot addition, one of the biggest changes to the presidential residence in decades.

Images show a backhoe tearing into the side of the East Wing facing the Treasury building, despite Trump's pledge in July that the ballroom wouldn’t impact the existing White House structure.

“It 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. “It’s my favorite place. I love it.”

Trump announced during an event in the East Room Oct. 20 that the construction work began earlier in the day. He said one of the East Roo

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