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Trump Responds to Michelle Obama’s Criticism of Tearing Down the East Wing

The president says Melania Trump loved her ‘tiny, little office,’ but if she was asked now would say she thinks the planned ballroom is ‘great.’

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Jennifer Taylor
Nov 12, 2025
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An aerial view taken on Oct. 26, 2025, shows where the White House East Wing stood before it was torn down beginning on Oct. 20, 2025, to make way for a planned 90,000-squre-foot White House Ballroom. (Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images)

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