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Melania Trump and Michelle Obama couldn't be more different, but as it turns out, there's one thing the two women seemingly agree on — the White House's East Wing should have been left well enough alone. President Donald Trump, however, demolished the entire thing to make room for his $300 million gold ballroom. Even worse, he didn't necessarily have to tear down the historic building to do so. "I could've built the ballroom around it," the divisive politician acknowledged on Fox News in November 2025, adding, "I didn't want to sacrifice a great ballroom for an okay ballroom by leaving it right smack in the middle."

As the renovation continued making headlines, the Wall Street Journal reported that Melania Trump apparently w

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