Trending badgeTrendingPosted 45 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownBulldozers Are Literally Tearing Down Part Of The White House To Make Room For Trump's Giant Ballroom"No president should have the authority to bulldoze an entire section of the f-king White House."by Kelley GreeneBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics President Trump has wasted no time in revamping parts of the White House to his liking since he's been back in office. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images He's paved over the Rose Garden: Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images Added some gold accents to the Oval Office: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images And even revamped the colonnade with presidential portraits: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions And of course, there's the plans for the 90,000 square foot, 250 million dollar ballroom addition, which construction crews began removing trees to clear space for back in September. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images For some context, the area planned for the ballroom is right here, off the East Wing: Buyenlarge / Getty Images The East Wing of the White House contains the first lady's office, the President's theater, the visitor's entrance, and the East Colonnade. Well, even though President Trump previously said in July the ballroom wouldn't "interfere with the current building," yesterday afternoon, bulldozers began demolishing part of the East Wing's facade as construction continued. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Here's a wider view: Evan Vucci / AP And a slightly closer look: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Here's a peek from behind some trees: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images And then there's also this big, overhead shot: @MeidasTouch / Washington Post / Via x.com Unsurprisingly, many folks were generally pretty unhappy with the new development. "No president should have the authority to bulldoze an entire section of the fucking White House," one person said. x / Via x.com "Donald Trump tearing down an iconic symbol of America and replacing it with a gaudy monument to himself couldn't be more on brand for his presidency," said another. x / Via x.com "It's kind of wild that you can announce plans and bulldoze parts of the White House faster than you can get a permit to build a bike lane or a duplex in most of the country." x / Via x.com "IT'S NOT *HIS* FUCKING HOUSE." x / Via x.com Politicians weighed in on the changes as well. Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said, "This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach." @AdamKinzinger / Via x.com Senator Tina Smith said, "Seeing the White House torn apart is really emblematic of the times we're in." @SenTinaSmith / Via x.com And finally, Gavin Newsom said, "Ripping apart the White House just like he's ripping apart the Constitution." @GavinNewsom / Via x.com What do you think of the ongoing White House construction projects? Let us know in the comments.