US EditionIs Trump Using the Rubble From the East Wing to Improve a DC Golf Course?
Rubble from the White House East Wing demolition is being used to reshape East Potomac Golf Course as part of a $300 million modernization project funded privately.
- On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clashed with CBS Senior White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang during a briefing as photos showed the East Wing of the White House, Washington, D.C., reduced to rubble with plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
- President Donald Trump ordered the razing to make room for a $300 million ballroom, the White House says donors including Google, Apple and Amazon are contributing, and the administration cites a legal opinion that demolitions do not require NCPC submission.
- Trucks were seen hauling construction debris from the East Wing demolition to East Potomac Golf Links, Washington, D.C., where workers say the dirt will form mounds, while donors Google, Apple and Amazon fund the $300 million ballroom.
- House ranking members on Oversight and Natural Resources committees said decisions were secret and demanded answers from President Donald Trump, while critics including Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren denounced the demolition.
- Historically presidents have altered the White House, but this expansion with square footage nearly double the rest raises transparency questions since proposals typically go to the National Capital Planning Commission.
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Trump Turns East Wing Debris Into Filler at Golf Course He Planned to Refurb: Report
Screengrab via X/@maustermuhle/AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Debris from the White House’s demolished East Wing, which was reduced to rubble to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned $300 million ballroom, is reportedly being hauled to a Washington golf course the president has shown interest in refurbishing. Trucks were seen carting away loads of dirt from the East Wing demolition site on Friday, then depositing them at East Potomac Park, an…
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