Trump demolishes White House East Wing in shocking images dubbed an 'impeachable offense'
After the pictures were taken, a video went viral showing a big demolition machine reaching deep into the building to remove debris while a hose squirts water to reduce dust
On Monday, the White House's East Wing was demolished to provide room for President Trump's enormous new $250 million ballroom, leading several people to chastised the president online.
The covered door that welcomed guests on tours or attending special events for decades has already been torn off by construction workers. The former White House calligraphy office on the upper floor has a huge hole in it, and windows facing the Treasury Department are broken and partially detached from their hinges.
After the pictures were taken, a video went viral showing a big demolition machine reaching deep into the building to remove debris while a hose squirts water to reduce dust.
Photos of the demolition process were first obtained by The New York Post. Earlier this year, President Trump vowed his expensive demolition wouldn't encroach on any part of the White House. Users on X were quick to remind the White House of that promise.
"Trump once said, 'It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it...' How dare that f------ piece of s--- do this. Stop the project & make him pay to restore it. Then evict him," one wrote.
"Knocking down the White House and dumping s--- on America, while wearing a crown. It's almost as if Trump is trying to tell us something...", another added.
"Donald Trump is tearing the White House down. Literally and figuratively. The American people are just gonna sit back and watch this felon and fraud tear down our White House for a vanity project too, which is even more infuriating," a third chimed.
One of the newest additions to the White House complex is the East Wing, which was built in 1942 in its current configuration after a one-story predecessor was built in 1902. The wing, which is perched atop a bomb bunker, has historically used as the first lady's offices.
To make place for the new ballroom, Trump is extending the East Wing considerably to the south, and some trees have already been felled to make room for the extension.
Trump's enormous gold-gilded ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, which can hold important events like his most recent campaign kickoff, served as the model for the new ballroom.
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Currently the largest event space at the White House, the East Room can accommodate 200 people, or many more if crammed together, as is frequently the case for cultural heritage receptions. “We’re gonna have a phenomenal ballroom, this is gonna be one of the best anywhere in the world. There won’t be anything like it, actually,” Trump told donors to the construction project last week.
“And it’s four sides of glass, beautiful glass, but totally appropriate in color and in window shape, and everything else with the White House.”