Donald Trump waved away concerns about the complete demolition of the White House’s East Wing on Wednesday, saying that his planned ballroom would be “one of the greatest in the world.”

Trump’s ballroom was initially estimated to cost $200 million, with the administration claiming that the White House’s East Wing would remain intact. As demolition crews moved forward with a complete teardown of the historic building, Trump shared a new price tag of $300 million and assured reporters that the full cost of construction would be paid by private donors.

Sitting with a model of the redone White House, the president attempted to soothe the press by downplaying the demolition. He trash-talked the East Wing, calling it “very small” and “not much.”

“The building was very, very much changed from

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