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Wouldn’t you know……..Presidents have been renovating and expanding the White House for more than a century. 1: In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt built the West Wing. 2: In 1909, William Howard Taft added the first Oval Office. 3: In 1933, FDR expanded again — adding a second floor, moving the Oval Office, completing the East Wing, and even building an indoor pool. 4: In 1948, Harry Truman went big, gutting and rebuilding the entire interior of the White House from the ground up. 5: In the 1970s, Richard Nixon turned that old pool into the press briefing room and added a bowling alley. 6: In 2009, Barack Obama swapped the tennis court for a basketball court. And now, in 2025, President Donald J. Trump is breaking ground on a grand, privately funded ballroom — carrying on the tradition of modernizing America’s most iconic home. History didn’t start yesterday. Every president leaves their mark — and Trump’s is built to last.