The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on.

The White House expects the entire East Wing to be demolished to allow for construction of what President Donald Trump now says is his planned $300 million ballroom, sources familiar with the project told ABC News.

Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built.

Much of the White House East Wing has been torn down to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency.

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.

The White House East Wing was largely torn down in Trump’s ballroom construction. The White House said the next Trump-Putin meeting is indefinitely postponed. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel.

Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built.

As construction begins on President Donald Trump's new, $250m (£149m) White House ballroom, mystery continues to swirl around the identities of the wealthy donors and corporations paying for it. Groundbreaking for the ornate 90,