How presidents have changed the White House — and how Trump's ballroom is different

The gutted interior of the White House in 1950, during major structural renovations that forced President Truman and his family to live in a temporary residence for nearly four years.

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades.

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