‘This Is the People’s House!’ ABC’s Mary Bruce Spars With Karoline Leavitt Over East Wing Demolition for Trump Ballroom

Isaac Schorr Oct 23rd, 2025, 2:18 pm

ABC’s Mary Bruce sparred with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt over the demolition of the White House’s East Wing for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom on Thursday.

Leavitt took a number of questions about the construction project during Thursday’s briefing, including a couple from Bruce:

BRUCE: Two quick construction questions, if I can. You mentioned any construction project comes with changes. The president had initially said that this project wouldn’t interfere with, or touch the current structure. Now he says to do this properly, he realized that the East Wing had to be demolished. This is the peop

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