TMZ reported on Monday that the president was "vacillating" on a commutation for the music mogul, citing a "high-ranking White House official."

Demolition for Trump’s long-sought $250 million ballroom began Monday, The Washington Post first reported. Trump hinted at the construction of the 90,000-square-foot project during an event at the White House in the afternoon, saying “We’re building right behind us. We’re building a ballroom.”

"Shame on you," read one of dozens of reviews for the company demolishing the East Wing facade to build Trump's new ballroom.

The raid was executed in the heart of South Shore, an overwhelmingly Black neighborhood on Lake Michigan that has long been a tangle of middle-class dreams, urban decay and gentrification.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House on Nov. 18, on what will be his first Washington visit of Mr. Trump's second term, as the Gulf nation seeks a defense pact with the United States, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

The singer complained this week after his 1988 Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 hit was used without permission in a trolling video by the president.

The Treasury Department ordered its employees not to share pictures of the construction on the White House’s East Wing. Photos circulated online of the demolition efforts transforming the East Wing into a new White House ballroom.