Trump administration responds to ballroom criticism by posting White House timeline that includes cocaine discovery, Muslim Brotherhood visit and Clinton scandal.

Under a nearly-60-year-old law, the White House and several other notable buildings are exempt from a key historic preservation rule - though one expert told the BBC that presidents typically follow it anyway. Trump's renovation appears to be the biggest in decades, but the president of the US does have the power to make those changes.

President Donald Trump’s project to obliterate the East Wing of the White House and replace it with a gaudy ballroom is polling appallingly with Americans. Stark images showing heavy machinery chipping away at the extension have reverberated around the globe,

Mo., responded to criticism of Trump's East Wing demolition project, citing liberal support for removing Christopher Columbus and Thomas Jefferson statues.

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