By Michael Calderone

The front page of Friday’s Washington Post summed up another chaotic, Trumpian week in the capital: “The East Wing is now only a memory.”

It was only four days earlier that Post reporters were tipped off that a wrecking crew was tearing down part of the White House, even as President Donald Trump had previously said his plans for a 90,000 square-foot ballroom wouldn’t “interfere with the current building.” By Monday afternoon, reporters Jonathan Edwards and Dan Diamond revealed the extent of the demolition, complete with a tipster’s photo, and set in motion a media frenzy to chronicle a 123-year-old section of the White House, home to the offices of the First Lady, being reduced to rubble.