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This demolition was carried out this week to make room for a new ballroom.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4w90xb001u01rtb9okj7ee@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&amp;feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7772541_2025-10-21-152241&amp;withPlaylist=false&amp;theme=dark&amp;playerDisplay-download=false&amp;playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&amp;feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7772541_2025-10-21-152241&amp;withPlaylist=false&amp;theme=dark&amp;playerDisplay-download=false&amp;playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cmh4w9g25000u357ttqc31g85@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'According to the poll results, posted on X Wednesday, just 10% of Democrats approve of the demolition of the White House’s largest state room (77% disapproved), along with 16% of independents (54% disapproved). Considerably more Republicans approved of the demolition (45%, compared to 28% who disapproved).', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zakqc0042357ta0hc3aqo@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Overall, more Americans disapproved of the demolition than approved of it at 53% and 24%. As for the $250 million ballroom itself – a project President Donald Trump has been championing since before his first term – and other renovations at the White House such as the Rose Garden patio, 33% of all Americans approve of them and half disapprove of them.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zakv30043357tgyn9cicb@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Throughout its history,\xa0<a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/white-house-tour/the-east-room">the East Room</a>\xa0has served many purposes and it has been renovated a number of times, according to the White House Historical Association.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zal070044357tu9jyx2g6@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It was designed by James Hoban and first President George Washington to serve as a public audience room, was used by former First Lady Abigail Adams to hang up laundry to dry, hosted parties with waltzing and President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh52zij0000b357tj7cwcdes@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“The East Wing was constructed in 1902 and has been renovated and changed many times, with a second story added in 1942,” the White House explained.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zal4z0045357ttzurmjgx@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It also said “the White House is currently unable to host major functions honoring world leaders and other countries without having to install a large and unsightly tent approximately 100 yards away from the main building entrance.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh52zm4w000h357tsi9k2qao@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/white-house-ballroom-proud-presidential-legacy/">In an article published by the White House this week</a>, the Trump administration said that: “In the latest instance of manufactured outrage, unhinged leftists and their Fake News allies are clutching their pearls over President Donald J.<br />Trump’s visionary addition of a grand, privately funded ballroom to the White House.” This press release also noted many different renovation projects carried out at the White House by both Democratic and Republican administrations.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zal9s0046357tk9m53zxt@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'While Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to disapprove of the East Wing demolition and renovations, more than half of independents polled by YouGov also disapproved of both.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmh4zaleu0047357tzt4tsic9@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Trump, who built a career as a real estate developer before his foray into politics, <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/inside-trumps-beautiful-ballroom-plan-for-the-white-house">said in June</a> that he was inspecting the site for his ballroom plans. Later in the summer, the <a href="https://www.audacy.com/kearth101/news/ground-is-about-to-be-broken-for-usd200m-white-house-ballroom">White House revealed</a> that plans called for a 90,000 square foot addition with a capacity for 650 people on the site of the current East Wing for an estimated cost of $200 million. 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