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Fact Check: Did Obama ‘wreck’ the White House for a basketball court?
In October 2025, a photo began circulating online claiming to prove that former President Barack Obama had damaged the White House to build a basketball court. The claim spread alongside a black-and-white image that appeared to show heavy demolition or construction work at the White House.

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Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show White House Demolition To Make Way For Obama's Indoor Basketball Court -- The Picture Is From FDR's Project And The Court Is Outside
Image doesn't show White House after Obama 'wrecked' it to add basketball court
Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing: satellite images
Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House's entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump's giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday.

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Donald Trump confirms entire East Wing being demolished to make way for $US300m ballroom
Trump says he has legal authority for boat strikes, warns land attacks
Putin meeting ‘didn’t feel right to me,’ says Trump
On the topic of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, Trump said the issue was complex because "the only way a Tomahawk is going to be shot is if we shot it, and we're not going to do that."

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White House demolishes East Wing as Trump says he'll donate "millions" to ballroom
Here's the list of donors paying for Trump's new White House ballroom
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