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Trump breaks ground on massive White House ballroom project with private funding from 'patriots'
President Trump said construction has begun on the new White House Ballroom that is privately funded by patriots and companies. The historic $200M project modernizes the East Wing.
The Treasury Department ordered its employees not to share pictures of the construction on the White House’s East Wing. Photos circulated online of the demolition efforts transforming the East Wing into a new White House ballroom.
"Shame on you," read one of dozens of reviews for the company demolishing the East Wing facade to build Trump's new ballroom.
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
Trump said during an event in the East Room on Oct. 20 that the ballroom construction work began earlier in the day.
President Donald Trump will host billionaires and corporate executives, including Blackstone Inc.’s Steve Schwarzman, Continental Resources Inc.’s Harold Hamm and crypto billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss,