Trump, White House and East Wing
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The White House has begun tearing down the East Wing to construct a new ballroom dreamed up by Donald Trump. Photographs of the demolition work show an excavator ripping into the East Wing façade and smashing windows while other building parts lay in tatters on the ground.
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Cranes were spotted near the White House as the next steps to President Trump's $200 million, 90,000-square-foot expansion of the East Wing begins.