ICYMI: Rapin' Felon Grampy's "blueprints" ALSO include "the addition of a second story to the West Wing Colonnade"

A “grand stair” and new spaces for utilities, food service and deliveries are among the newly disclosed details for President Donald Trump’s sprawling East Wing expansion presented to a commission with oversight of the building plans on Thursday.

For the first time, a proposal for the addition of a second story to the West Wing Colonnade to match plans for a similar two-story colonnade connecting the East Wing to the Executive Mansion was also revealed.

Trump characterized this addition as an “Upper West Wing” in remarks to the New York Times published later.

Speaking publicly about the project for the first time since he joined the East Wing project team in November, architect Shalom Baranes offered fresh insight into the size and scope of the sweeping space, which received mild pushback from some members of an overall Trump-friendly National Capital Planning Commission.

The expansion will feature a ballroom of approximately 22,000 square feet, which can accommodate 1,000 seated guests, and the overall size will be roughly 89,000 square feet, he said.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/east-wing-plans-ncpc-west-wing-colonnade