The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with a ballroom construction.

The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including a walkway to the White House itself, has been turned into rubble.

The wing has been demolished as part of the Republican president’s plan to build what he says is now a $300 million ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House itself.

Trump said that keeping the East Wing would have “hurt a very, very expensive, beautiful building” that he said presidents have wanted for years.

AP video by Jacquelyn Martin.