Trump is turning the White House into a McMansion. Here’s what you need to know

Less than three months ago, the world watched the Trump administration reduce the White House’s historic East Wing to a pile of rubble to begin construction on a massive new ballroom. But it looks like the dust from that demolition will have barely settled before Trump starts another project to turn the presidential residence into his own personal real estate development endeavor.

This week, Trump and the head architect behind the ballroom construction, Shalom Baranes, revealed several...