One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners that Trump "needed to see explosions" instead of just a "big splash" during the Oct. 5 demonstration.

The White House wanted the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary to go off with a real bang to placate Donald Trump. They wanted the Navy to use live bombs at the celebration that Trump and wife Melania attended, rather than traditional dummy explosives, a new report alleges.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week, after a 12th vote on a stopgap funding bill failed a

While Trump initially said the new ballroom would not touch the East Wing. But it was recently announced that the entire building would be renovated.

The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during its 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, according to a new report.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson gave a brief response to Entertainment Weekly about NBC’s “Saturday Night Live" after its 51st season premiere.

The construction is part of President Donald Trump's plan to build a ballroom on the eastern side of the White House.