The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has once again publicly defended… Renovation to build a new hall In the East Wing of the White House, stressing that it will be “the most beautiful and wonderful in the world,” and that since this project has been implemented, it will be implemented “well.”
“It’s something the White House has needed and wanted for more than 150 years, but no other president has been in a position to do it,” he said on his social network, Truth Social. “And since we’re going to do it, we’re going to do it well.”
Trump insisted that it would be a “wonderful addition” to the White House, “the most important since the West Wing was built,” and wanted to make clear that It will be financed by private contributions Thus there is no cost to American taxpayers.
His message to Truth Social came after the American press leaked at the end of November that the Republican leader had argued with the architect he chose to design the new hall because of the size of the project. Trump’s desire to undertake this project is “very significant,” according to what Reuters reported. The Washington Postput him at odds with James McCreary II, who would have advised him to exercise restraint amid concerns that construction of the 90,000-square-foot (about 8,300 m2) hall would be disproportionate.
The repair will cost $300 million, $100 million more than expected
Trump had demolished the eastern wing of the presidential palace in October to make way for that room, which, according to his calculations, would cost $300 million (about 258 million euros), that is, $100 more than the amount originally announced. It is expected to accommodate about 1,000 people.
The East Wing was dedicated to the office of the First Lady and during the administration of Democrat Barack Obama (2009-2017) it was also used to develop social assistance programs such as the one they implemented in 2010 against childhood obesity.
Moreover, according to The Washington PostThe reform announced by Trump would violate the general architectural rule of not making an expansion beyond or beyond the main building: the size of the ballroom is practically double the size of the main building of the White House.