“Never thought of as much”: Trump downplays demolition of White House’s East Wing

Donald Trump waved away concerns about the complete demolition of the White House s East Wing on Wednesday saying that his planned ballroom would be one of the greatest in the world Trump s ballroom was initially estimated to cost million with the administration claiming that the White House s East Wing would remain intact As demolition crews moved forward with a complete teardown of the historic building Trump shared a new price tag of million and assured reporters that the full cost of construction would be paid by private donors Sitting with a model of the redone White House the president attempted to soothe the press by downplaying the demolition He trash-talked the East Wing calling it very small and not much The building was very very much changed from what it was originally he revealed It was never thought of as being much It was a very small building Related Modern farmhouse devours the Rose Garden Trump revealed that rather than allow the East Wing to hurt his ballroom particular of the best architects decided to tear the building down The president held up renderings of the ballroom which followed the hotelier s preferred motif of gilded fixtures against white walls Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Syllabus Nobody s veritably seen anything quite like it I think it will be one of the great ballrooms anywhere in the world he reported It s about million It s set to do several countless things I think there will be nothing like it Reporter A large number of people were surprised the entire east wing is being demolished because you had stated initially that the ballroom would just touch Trump It was a very small building and rather than allowing that to hurt a very expensive beautiful building that frankly they've pic twitter com s BnCMoEv Acyn Acyn October Read more about this topic Crews demolish White House facade to make way for Trump ballroom Trump is sending a dark signal with his White House expansion Trump expands White House with Rose Garden overhaul m ballroom The post Never thought of as much Trump downplays demolition of White House s East Wing appeared first on Salon com