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history\u201d and taking a \u201cwrecking ball to our heritage\u201d with major White House renovations \u2014 including demolition of part of the East Wing to build a new ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA disregard for history is a defining trait of President Trump\u2019s second administration,\u201d Clinton wrote Thursday, criticizing the East Wing demolition, changes at the Smithsonian, and the administration\u2019s push to remove diversity and inclusion programs across federal agencies, Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chelsea-clinton-rips-trumps-disregard-history-white-house-ballroom-construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former first daughter, who moved into the White House at age 12 when her father, Bill Clinton, became president in 1993, said she always understood the mansion didn\u2019t belong to her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenovations aren\u2019t inherently objectionable because of who orders them or who pays for them,\u201d Clinton wrote. \u201cBut authority is not the same as stewardship. Stewardship requires transparency, consultation and an accounting for history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clinton\u2019s op-ed zeroed in on the $250 million project to replace part of the East Wing with a privately funded ballroom \u2014 a move she said symbolizes \u201cwhat happens when we take a wrecking ball to our heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The backlash online quickly turned political. Conservative commentators mocked Clinton\u2019s remarks, reminding her of scandals surrounding her father\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour dad turned the White House into his own personal Burning Man tent, and we all get it,\u201d one commentator wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cOf all the people I want to hear from least on the subject of desecrating the White House, it\u2019s anyone with the surname Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has defended the project as a necessary modernization, calling it a \u201cworld-class\u201d facility that will host diplomatic and cultural events. He has said the ballroom is being funded entirely through private donations and personal contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The White House says the new space will accommodate hundreds more guests than the East Room or State Dining Room can hold, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the backlash \u201cfake outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly every single president who\u2019s lived in this beautiful White House behind me has made modernizations and renovations of their own,\u201d Leavitt told Fox News. \u201cPresidents for decades have joked about wishing they had a larger event space here at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1981501165628981314&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdefdeal.com%2Fchelsea-clinton-slams-trump-for-wrecking-ball-renovations-at-white-house%2F&amp;sessionId=87efb92cb0243f90e0f5caf9a21695d91f4f51be&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1981501165628981314\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Still, the renovations have sparked strong reactions \u2014 particularly from the Clinton family.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed her daughter\u2019s criticism in a post on X this week, writing, \u201cIt\u2019s not his house. It\u2019s your house. And he\u2019s destroying it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A New York Times report described images of the East Wing demolition as \u201cjarring,\u201d and several historic preservation groups have raised concerns about the project\u2019s impact on the White House\u2019s architectural legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The East Wing, first added under Franklin D. 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