{"id":6137,"date":"2026-02-20T14:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:18:03","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-white-house-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-white-house-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about Trump’s White House plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four months after the demolition of the East Wing, US president Donald Trump<\/a> has continued his plans to build a ballroom at the White House<\/a>. We explain everything you need to know about the controversial architectural project.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 20 February, advisory body the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA)\u00a0gave approval to the project on aesthetic grounds,<\/a> with new renderings of the project showing the 90,000-square-foot (8,360 square metre) ballroom dwarfing the Executive Residence and the West Wing.<\/p>\n

Though not the final say, the approval by CFA \u2013 which Trump himself staffed after firing the holdover members<\/a> from the Biden administration \u2013 signals forward movement on the project.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s White House plans were approved by the CFA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Announced last summer, the ballroom project has taken many twists and turns over the last six months, with the quick demolition of the East Wing and the dismissal of the original architect, James McCrery.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, McCrery clashed with the president, leading Trump to select DC-based Shalom Baranes Associates<\/a> for the project, which is responsible for the most-recent set of renderings.<\/p>\n

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The East Wing ballroom features a massive collonade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before he was president, Trump had been involved in the real estate and construction industries, and is perhaps best known for the flashy Trump wordmark slapped on skyscrapers from New York to Istanbul<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The president has unveiled plans to bring his vision of architecture to the grounds of the White House, where American presidents have lived and worked for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n

Demolition of the existing East Wing began in October 2025 as Trump moved forward with his plans and as of 23 October last year, aerial footage shows the preexisting structure completely demolished<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What’s the plan for Trump’s White House extension?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In late July 2025, Trump released renderings<\/a> of a proposed 90,000-square-foot (8,360 square metres) ballroom. The somewhat ambiguous renderings showed a larger, taller structure with neoclassical facades similar to the existing architectural language of the White House.<\/p>\n

At the time, the White House said<\/a> the site of the ballroom would be “where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits”, which suggests the plan was always to demolish the structure.<\/p>\n