The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days,” according to two Trump administration officials.
The demolition marks a significant expansion of the ballroom construction project from what President Trump said earlier this summer.
“It won’t interfere with the current building,” Trump said on July 31.. “It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”
The extent of the demolition was first reported by The New York Times.
A White House official told NBC News the “entirety” of the East Wing would eventually be “modernized and rebuilt,” while acknowledging the process is fluid.
“The scope and the size of the ballroom project have always been subject to vary as the process develops,” the official told NBC News.
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