Scott Bessent and the East Wing of the White House

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he endorsed US President Donald Trump demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a $300 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

“[Construction] is moving at warp speed, and I think it’s going to be something that all Americans can be proud of,” Bessent said Sunday on Meet The Press.

The East Wing of the White House was demolished on Thursday to begin construction of the new ballroom. Preservation groups have expressed concern over the construction because there was little communication on how it would affect the structure of the main building. In July, Trump initially said the ballroom construction project wouldn’t “interfere with the current building.”

“It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of,” Trump said in July.

But that doesn’t seem to be the........

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