President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that the White House East Wing, which was demolished to make way for a ballroom, was in poor shape and needed to be replaced.
Speaking to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham in an interview that aired on Nov. 10, Trump was asked about the construction effort.
“The East Wing was a beautiful, little, tiny structure that was built many years ago that was renovated, and expanded, and disbanded, and columns ripped out—and it had nothing to do with the original building,” the president said.
Trump added that the wing “was a poor, sad sight, and I could have built the ballroom around it, but it would not have been … we’re building one of the greatest ballrooms in the world.”…
Trump Says White House East Wing Was in ‘Poor’ Shape Before It Was Torn Down
