Almost two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s White House ballroom plan, according to a poll.
In the Yahoo/YouGov poll, 61 percent of respondents said they did not support Trump’s plan to add a ballroom, while 25 percent backed the move.
The demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make space for Trump’s vision of a massive ballroom has caused a large outcry from critics. Destruction of the East Wing was completed last week, with excavators first spotted tearing it apart at the beginning of the week.
The East Wing previously held the office of first lady Melania Trump, the offices of the White House social secretary and calligrapher, the movie theater and the presidential bunker.
Twenty-six percent in the Yahoo/YouGov poll said they supported the East Wing’s demolition for the ballroom, while 57 percent were against it and 11 percent were unsure.
Many allies of the president, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), have defended Trump’s demolition of the East Wing
“Just because President Trump has an idea, the Democrat Party’s visceral reaction is just to say no,” Scalise said during a press conference last week.
Scalise said the White House has a history of being “renovated over and over again” and “there wouldn’t be an Oval Office if there weren’t renovations by previous presidents.”
The Yahoo/YouGov poll took place Oct. 23-27, featuring 1,770 people and had 3.1 percentage points as its margin of error.
