More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Much of the White House East Wing has been torn down to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency.

While Trump had said back in July that the ballroom would not "interfere" with the existing building -- would be "near it but not touching it" -- a White House official confirmed to ABC News that the "entirety of the East Wing will be modernized.

Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built.

Demolition crews on Oct. 20 began tearing down part of the White House East Wing to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building.

As construction begins on President Donald Trump's new, $250m (£149m) White House ballroom, mystery continues to swirl around the identities of the wealthy donors and corporations paying for it. Groundbreaking for the ornate 90,

An excavator ripped off the facade and parts of the roof on Monday, exposing the stone shell below. Windows have been removed. A truck carried trees outside the White House gates and down Pennsylvania Avenue.