I believe there’s a lot of fake outrage right now,” the press secretary said of the president tearing down a part of the White House to build a ballroom.

“The entire purpose of replacing the White House with this gaudy ballroom is to serve as a reward for Trump’s campaign donors and crypto scam bribers,” Jesse Lee, an adviser in both the Obama and Biden administrations, told The Hill. The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

Treasury employees were told in email that they could ‘potentially reveal sensitive items, including security features’ by snapping photos and sharing them online

"Shame on you," read one of dozens of reviews for the company demolishing the East Wing facade to build Trump's new ballroom.