Trump To Demolish Entire East Wing Of White House By This Weekend

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="68f9b9cce4b0f9da0b2cdd54">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145","mediaId":"1ee7c68c-f151-4f33-b566-2196408fcf8a"}).render("68f9b9cce4b0f9da0b2cdd54");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">President Donald Trump is demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House, a dramatic change from his previous pledge not to touch the historic building as he plows ahead with installing a massive, new ballroom.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The East Wing, which was built in 1902 and expanded in 1942, is expected to be fully torn down by this weekend, per </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/22/us/trump-news?campaign_id=60&amp;emc=edit_na_20251022&amp;instance_id=164925&amp;nl=breaking-news&amp;regi_id=91792500&amp;segment_id=209109&amp;user_id=900d5e904a7981f54b594b4871908b2c#east-wing-white-house-demolition-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight:400">a New York Times report</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">. The Washington Post </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit