"According to East Wing Magazine, former First Lady Betty Ford once said, "If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart." Alas... Trump has neither. On Tuesday, the president started demolishing the White House East Wing to make room for his stupid $200 million ballroom (the price tag of which has ballooned to $350 million)."
"The East Wing has been an official home to the First Lady's policy efforts since Eleanor Roosevelt was in the White House from 1933 to 1945, and it's where countless first ladies have since displayed their groundbreaking efforts to improve women's lives in the U.S. It's where Michelle Obama kicked off her Fight Against Obesity campaign, where "Lady Bird" Johnson pushed for an actual policy change to control advertising on highways,"
President Trump began demolishing the White House East Wing to create a private ballroom, with the estimated cost rising from $200 million to about $350 million. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had promised that "Nothing will be torn down," but demolition proceeded. The East Wing historically housed First Ladies' offices and policy initiatives since Eleanor Roosevelt, serving as a venue for programs by Michelle Obama, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter among others. Construction began under Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, and the Office of the First Lady was established there in 1977. Critics say the demolition erases a century of women-led achievements.
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