President Donald Trump said the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished to construct his dreamed-of ballroom .

Trump originally said that the new construction would only touch the East Wing, but videos over the past two days showed the structure being almost entirely demolished. At a Wednesday press conference alongside NATO head Mark Rutte, Trump explained that architects’ estimations had changed over time, and it had now been ruled that the whole East Wing had to be torn down.

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