{"id":2501205,"date":"2025-10-20T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-east-wing-facade-demolished-for-ballroom\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:09:44","slug":"white-house-east-wing-facade-demolished-for-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-east-wing-facade-demolished-for-ballroom\/","title":{"rendered":"White House East Wing facade demolished for ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-east-wing-facade-demolished-for-ballroom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Construction crews have begun demolishing the outside wall of the White House East Wing to build a new ballroom, a project announced by President Donald Trump as part of his second term. The planned 90,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-will-construct-90000-square-foot-trump-ballroom\/\" title=\"... will construct 90,...\">000-square-foot ballroom<\/a> is expected to cost around $200 million, funded privately without using government money.Trump described the new ballroom as a much-needed space to accommodate large gatherings, state visits, and grand events, noting that the current largest room holds only 88 people, while the new ballroom will hold 999. He emphasized that the design will harmonize with the rest of the White House and touted his real estate and interior design experience as justification for leading the renovation. The project marks one of Trump&#8217;s most aspiring initiatives at the White House, with demolition work beginning in October 2025.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Construction crews demolish wall of White House East Wing for ballroom construction<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2377942\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Construction crews tore down the outside wall of the East Wing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> on Monday to build President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> desired ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced one of his most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-trump-wants-to-forge-futuristic-frontier-reignite-american-ingenuity\/\" title=\"... aims to ignite American innovation and ... a futuristic frontier.\">ambitious construction projects<\/a> of his second term in late July &mdash; a 90,000-square-foot&nbsp;ballroom, slated to cost roughly $200 million, though none of it will come from government coffers. A backhoe began tearing down the East Wing&rsquo;s facade on Monday, the section of the White House typically reserved for the first lady and her staff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3857450\/watch-live-trump-mike-johnson-lsu-baseball-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump and Johnson welcome LSU baseball champions at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3857253\/trump-albanese-submarine-deal-xi-jinping-meeting\/\">Trump and Australian prime minister put on united front before president&#8217;s meeting with Xi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3854669\/trump-teases-australian-ambassador-past-comments\/\">Trump teases Australian ambassador over past comments: &#8216;I don&#8217;t like you either&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The preisdent hailed the groundbreaking in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115408594704490513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a>, writing, &ldquo;I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom. Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete! <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House to accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits, etc. I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-needed project underway &#038;mdash<\/a>; with zero cost to the American Taxpayer! The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly. This Ballroom will be happily used for Generations to come!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump pointed to long-running complaints that the White House did not have any space to accomodate large gatherings, an annoyance during some major state visits.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was the ballroom, and this room holds 88 people,&rdquo; he said at an event earlier in the day. &ldquo;The new one will hold 999 people. I say 999 because I didn&rsquo;t want to crack 1,000. I didn&rsquo;t want people to get concerned because that&rsquo;s getting big. But we&rsquo;re going to have &mdash; we&rsquo;ll have the most beautiful ballroom in the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump detailed the planned decorations, saying it would flow well with the decor of the rest of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ballroom is going to be beautiful,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So you&rsquo;ll have drinks, cocktails, everything on this floor, and then they&rsquo;ll say, &lsquo;Welcome to dinner.&rsquo; You walk into the ballroom, &lsquo;Mr. Senator,&rsquo; and you&rsquo;re going to see a ballroom, the likes of which I don&rsquo;t think think it&rsquo;ll be topped. It&rsquo;ll be the finest, so it&rsquo;s going to be a lot of fun. It just started. And it just started today. So that&rsquo;s good luck.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3487660\/trump-ballroom-white-house-karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHITE HOUSE WILL CONSTRUCT 90,000-SQUARE-FOOT TRUMP BALLROOM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president has pitched himself as the natural choice to renovate the White House due to his experience in real estate and interior design. He has already demolished the Rose Garden and installed two new flag poles, but he believes his ballroom will be the finishing touch.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s never been a president that was good at ballrooms,&rdquo; Trump said in August. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House East Wing wall demolished for Trump ballroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3377,"featured_media":2501206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242245651.jpg?w=594","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[65586,28635,65585,21465,32127],"class_list":["post-2501205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ballroom","tag-demolition","tag-east-wing","tag-renovation","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242245651.jpg?w=594","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501209,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501205\/revisions\/2501209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}