Demolition crews finished taking down the White House wing Thursday while President Donald Trump defended the project.

The Washington Post editorial board praised President Trump’s controversial demolition of the East Wing of the White House. “The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness.

The White House’s East Wing was demolished this week in a surprise round of preparations to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Trump insisted in July that his planned 90,000 square-foot ballroom would be “near” the East Wing,

The Washington Post editorial board published a glowing assessment of President Donald Trump's move to demolish the White House East Wing and replace it with a massive ballroom paid for by hundreds of millions in corporate donations without disclosing that the flagship company of the paper's owner,