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The ballroom President Donald Trump is demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to build is Caesars Palace meets the Palace of Versailles, which is the same taste Trump has brought to buildings for decades.
It’ll cost $200 million, paid for by private interests who have business before the federal government. It’ll be 90,000 square feet, about two acres, which is bigger than a football field and smaller than a Costco.
It would be easy to eye-roll at the addition of a massive party space to the White House, a residence that has been successfully hosting parties for hundreds of years.
But this party room and event space are permanent additions to a home owned by Americans and is being built by a president who denied this week that he’s trying to be a king.
The White House, not unlike the Weasley House, has been changing since construction first star
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