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 ne...

President Donald Trump could barely conceal his delight about the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a huge ballroom similar to the one at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Dramatic photos of the demolition work showed construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows and other building parts in tatters on the ground.