In October of 2025, President Donald Trump razed the East Wing of the White House to the ground to make room for a massive new proposed ballroom. As of January 2026, the site remains empty, and construction may never get off the ground before Trump leaves office. As Graham explained, Trump's ballroom construction has been put on hold following a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit group National Trust for Historic Preservation. According to Graham, should the demolished East Wing never be anything more than a mound of dirt and a smattering of machinery, it would be a "fitting monument to the Trump presidency." "Some Democrats have said that any new president who replaces Trump should move promptly to tear down his ballroom," Graham wrote.