While the Trump White House originally said the East Wing would not be destroyed to make way for Trump’s plans to build a 90,000 square foot White House ballroom, the entire building was completely levelled today.

“With any construction project, there are changes over time as you assess what the project is going to look like,” White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said today. “Trust the process.”

The demolition of the White House East Wing, with no review or permission, is “kind of shocking,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told the Huffington Post’s Igor Bobic today. “I think people feel very possessive about it. It’s the People’s House.”

At least, it was.

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