Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘destroying’ White House with ballroom construction
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “destroying” the White House with his East Wing renovations, sharing a picture of the East Wing’s partial demolition.
Trump announced on Monday that construction began for “fully modernized” East Wing, adding that he’s fulfilling a 150-year-long wish from past presidents to create a White House ballroom. The president announced this $200 million project in late July and is funding it himself, with “other patriot donors.”
Clinton, Trump’s opponent in the 2016 election, shared her disdain for his renovations.
“It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it,” Clinton said on X.
Clinton has been criticizing Trump since his return to the White House in January. On Trump’s 100th day on April 29, she said on X that he “alienated us from our allies” and “crashed the stock market.”
On Monday, Trump announced the new ballroom will host up to 999 people, a significant increase from the previous room’s capacity of 88 people. He said previous presidents have complained about the lack of space for large gatherings and called the new ballroom “the most beautiful ballroom in the country.”
Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump held a fundraiser dinner on Wednesday to celebrate the new ballroom and unveiled another project he is working on, the “Independence Arch.” The monument set to be built across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., will commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year.
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