Trump, East Wing and White House
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President Donald Trump insisted in July that the $250 million project, which he said he and private donors would finance, “won’t interfere with the current building.”
The White House press secretary was quick to point out that past presidents have wanted a bigger ballroom to host dignitaries.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump as a “builder-in-chief" amid backlash from critics over the demolition of a part of the East Wing.