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Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies Trump’s heritage politics

  • Written by R. Grant Gilmore III, Director, Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program, College of Charleston
Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies Trump’s heritage politicsDemolition in process on the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed:

“In the absence of...

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