Current and former members of the National Capital Planning Commission panned Trump’s East Wing demolition and worried that his ballroom would be rubber-stamped

Images from Monday capture the violent ferocity with which the president obliterated the East Wing to make space for his ballroom.

Betty Ford reportedly said that if the White House's West Wing is the “mind” of the nation, then the East Wing is the “heart.”

CNN is denying a recent report that its head Mark Thompson recently met with officials in President Trump’s administration and afterward urged staff at the network to ease up on its coverage

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the complete demolition of the White House East Wing, claiming that historic property may be a serious health risk. “I think this was a judgement call on the president. The president is a master builder,” Bessent told NBC’s Meet the Press from Malaysia, where Donald Trump is attending a diplomatic summit.