The Trump administration is scrambling to explain why the entire East Wing of the White House was bulldozed last week — a move President Donald Trump repeatedly insisted would never happen.

Now that it’s reduced to rubble, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is the latest White Houe official to push a new and more unbelievable excuse.

Bessent’s remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker came as public anger intensifies over the administration’s rapid demolition to make way for Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom — a $300 million project he intends to name after himself.

“Why didn’t the president tell the public he was going to tear down the entire East Wing, which as you know is part of the people’s house?,” she asked.

“I think this was a judgment call on the president.

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