Trump Plans $200M Ballroom He’s Long Sought In East Wing Expansion (Video)

By Jonathan Edwards

President Donald Trump, a longtime developer, is overseeing the construction of a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom that will remake the East Wing of the White House, effecting one of the biggest changes to “the People’s House” in a century.

The White House State Ballroom will seat 650 people, more than triple the capacity of the East Room, which is currently the largest room at the White House. Construction is set to begin in September and be done “long before” the end of Trump’s second term.

The project, long on Trump’s wish list, seeks to solve a problem White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said has frustrated the president and his predecessors: a lack of space for major functions that requires “a large and unsightly tent” about 300 feet from the main building entrance.

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