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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Ronald Reagan’s daughter rips ‘heartbreaking’ teardown of White House’s East Wing

Former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter has slammed President Donald Trump’s “heartbreaking” demolition of the White House’s East Wing.

Patti Davis, 73, mourned the East Wing in a New York Times opinion essay published Friday. Photos circulated online this week showing the extensive building work, which is being carried out to make room for Trump’s long-awaited $300 million ballroom. The East Wing stood for more than 100 years before it was destroyed this week.

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