New images appear to show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished to make way for President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the demolition as she faced questions from reporters at a briefing on Thursday. President Trump initially said in July that the project would not interfere with the existing White House structure. Then this week, as crews began to raze the East Wing, the administration said the entire wing would need to be "modernized" to make way for the massive 90,000 square foot ballroom. By Thursday, satellite images from Planet Labs PBC showed the East Wing reduced to rubble. "This is the People's House. Why not inform the public of that change and when it was decided that the East Wing would have to be demo

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