For a new one Ballroom The White House must receive the latest information from the US President Donald Trump to give way to almost the entire east wing of the historic building. Trump said this at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington. According to Trump’s earlier statements, this part of the White House was only supposed to be modernized as part of the construction work. Critics are now accusing him of breaking his word.
Monument and civil rights organizations such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation accuse Trump of interfering with the historic ensemble without appropriate approval procedures and are calling for a halt to construction until the project has been examined by the relevant federal commissions. According to US media, Trump’s government points out that the president does not need formal approval for structural changes to the residence. Previous presidents had larger ones Conversions However, they are often voluntarily checked by the responsible commissions.
The hall, which according to Trump will now cost around 300 million dollars (around 275 million euros), will have space for around 1,000 guests. The project will be financed exclusively through donations – from “generous patriots, great American companies and myself,” as the president wrote on Truth Social. It is not yet known who the donors are. Thanks to private financing, construction is not subject to congressional oversight.
East wing of the White House must make way for Trump’s ballroom
The approximately 8,000 square meter ballroom will be connected to the main building via a lobby and a bridge, Trump said. “We had to demolish the existing building to do it right,” he explained. Parts of the foundations and “certain areas” would be retained, but he did not want to allow what he considered to be a not particularly beautiful east wing to have a negative impact on his new “expensive, beautiful building.”
It is not the first intervention in the structure of the White House. A look into the construction history of the presidential residence.
Further sources: “Geo.de”, “whitehousehistory.org”
