00:00Demo crews have moved in at the White House, tearing into part of the East Wing to make way for President Trump's long-promised ballroom.
00:10He's called it a ballroom for the country, but what's turning heads is where it's being built.
00:15Trump had promised the project wouldn't interfere with the existing White House, yet Monday, The Washington Post reports a backhoe was seen ripping through the East Wing, home to the First Lady's offices for decades.
00:26The $250 million expansion will add nearly 90,000 square feet, more than tripling the size of the East Room.
00:33The president thanked a room full of donors at the White House last week.
00:38The ballroom for the White House is the thing that you people have really, really been very generous with,
00:45and we're going to build a room that's going to be able to hold literally the inauguration if we want.
00:52All of the glass on the sides is bulletproof.
00:55The president says the new ballroom is fully funded by private donations from major U.S. companies.
01:01White House officials call it modernization, but critics call it the most drastic change to the people's house in a century.
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