""Won'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.""
""The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits.""
""As construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs," a Treasury official wrote on Monday evening in an email to department employees viewed by The Wall Street Journal. A Treasury Department spokesman said the email was sent to employees because photos could "potentially reveal sensitive items, including security features or confidential structural details.""
President Trump announced plans for a White House ballroom, promising it would not touch or interfere with the existing building. A White House press release stated the new ballroom site would occupy the current small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing. On October 20 a backhoe began tearing through the East Wing's outer façade, surprising observers. Messaging about the project has been inconsistent, with public mentions of construction and simultaneous internal warnings. The Treasury Department instructed employees not to photograph the grounds without approval, citing potential exposure of security or structural details, while a White House communications official posted a demolition photo.
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