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Since his return to workplace, President Donald Trump has undertaken a sequence of adjustments aimed toward reshaping the feel and look of the White House and different iconic Washington landmarks.
Over the weekend, the president introduced in a Truth Social publish that the Trump Kennedy Center will shut later this yr for a two-year renovation.
He stated the determination adopted a yearlong assessment involving contractors, arts consultants and different advisers. He added that the momentary closure would enable the renovations to be accomplished quicker and at a better high quality than if building have been carried out whereas performances continued. It was not instantly clear what renovations have been deliberate, how a lot it might price and what would occur to the scheduled performances.
TRUMP ANNOUNCES TWO-YEAR CLOSURE OF TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER FOR MAJOR RENOVATIONS
The Trump Kennedy Center renovations are the newest in a sequence of design initiatives the former actual property developer has pursued since returning to the White House. Read on to be taught extra about how the world’s most well-known actual property developer is leaving his mark on Washington.
‘Arc de Trump’
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a mannequin of an arch as he delivers remarks throughout a ballroom fundraising dinner in the East Room of the White House. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
In October, Trump unveiled a brand new monument dubbed the “Arc de Trump,” which is deliberate to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary subsequent yr.
At a White House ballroom fundraising dinner, Trump shared further particulars about the latest monument deliberate for the nation’s capital. He stated he was offered with three arch fashions in various sizes — small, medium and enormous — and stated his choice was for the largest one.
TRUMP REVEALS ARC DE TRIOMPHE-STYLE MONUMENT FOR AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY
President Donald Trump stated he most well-liked the largest mannequin arch. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
If Trump chooses the largest proposed design, the arch would rise 250 toes, eclipsing the peak of the Lincoln Memorial and rivaling the U.S. Capitol dome.
The monument, a close to twin of Paris’s iconic Arc de Triomphe, is supposed to welcome guests crossing the Memorial Bridge from Arlington National Cemetery into the coronary heart of the nation’s capital.
The opulent Oval Office
Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office. (Daniel Torok/The White House)
Trump’s style for opulence is unmistakable in the Oval Office, the place golden accents now adorn the nation’s most iconic workspace, a mirrored image of his private fashion. Last March, Trump advised Fox News host Laura Ingraham throughout a tour of the Oval Office that the room “needed a little life” when requested about the gold particulars.
TRUMP GAVE THE OVAL OFFICE A GILDED MAKEOVER – AND COVERED THE COST HIMSELF
President Donald Trump meets with European leaders following a name with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 18, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Daniel Torok/White House)
“Throughout the years, people have tried to come up with a gold paint that would look like gold, and they’ve never been able to do it,” Trump advised Ingraham. “You’ve never been able to match gold with gold paint, that’s why it’s gold,” Trump added.
Since then, Trump has added gold accents all through the Oval Office to embody ornamental particulars alongside the ceiling and round the doorway trim. Even the cherubs inside the door frames got a gilded makeover.
A golden cherub is seen above a door in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle beforehand advised Fox News Digital that the gold Trump added to the Oval Office “is of the highest quality,” declining to present additional particulars.
The spokesperson additionally stated that Trump personally lined the price of the gold accents, although they didn’t specify how a lot gold was added or how a lot Trump spent.
The White House ‘walk of fame’
President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia stroll alongside the West Colonnade of the White House to the Oval Office, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Joyce N. Boghosian/Official White House Photo)
Outside the Oval Office, the Trump administration unveiled the “Presidential Walk of Fame,” a sequence of portraits of previous presidents now displayed alongside the West Wing colonnade. The portrait of former President Joe Biden options his signature, created with an autopen, a machine that holds a pen and reproduces an individual’s handwriting by way of programmed actions.
WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS PRESIDENTIAL WALK OF FAME WITH BIDEN PORTRAIT REPLACED BY AUTOPEN IMAGE
President Donald Trump added plaques beneath former President Joe Biden’s portrait in the “Presidential Walk of Fame.” (Nicolas Rojas/Fox News Digital)
The Trump administration has additionally put in a number of massive mirrors in gold frames alongside the walkway.
The luxe Lincoln lavatory
President Donald Trump introduced new renovations to the Lincoln Bathroom by way of a publish on Truth Social. (actualDonaldTrump/Truth Social)
Trump stated he renovated the Lincoln lavatory in the White House as a result of it didn’t mirror the fashion of President Abraham Lincoln’s period.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an Art Deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” Trump wrote in an Oct. 31 Truth Social publish.
A photograph shared on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account of a renovated White House lavatory. (TruthSocial)
“I did it in black and white polished statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and in fact could be the marble that was originally there,” he added.
President Donald Trump introduced new renovations to the Lincoln Bathroom by way of a publish on his social media platform, Truth Social. (actualDonaldTrump/Truth Social)
No speedy particulars have been accessible on the price of the lavatory renovation.
A ballroom match for the White House
A McCrery Architects rendering supplied by the White House of the new ballroom. (White House)
Among the largest initiatives at present underway is a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom designed to accommodate roughly 650 seated friends.
On July 31, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced the deliberate building of the sprawling ballroom. “The White House is currently unable to host major functions honoring world leaders in other countries without having to install a large and unsightly tent approximately 100 yards away from the main building’s entrance,” Leavitt stated throughout a press briefing, including the new ballroom can be “a much-needed and exquisite addition.”
SPRAWLING NEW $200M WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM TO BE PAID FOR BY TRUMP AND DONORS
A McCrery Architects rendering supplied by the White House of the new ballroom. (The White House)
The White House doesn’t have a proper ballroom, and the new ballroom will take the place of the East Wing. Construction has already begun on the White House grounds, and the estimated price is north of $200 million and can be financed by Trump and personal donors.
Towering American flags on the White House garden
Trump lined the price of the two new flag poles at the White House. (Getty Images)
Ahead of Independence Day, Trump additionally personally financed the set up of two 88-foot flagpoles with American flags in entrance of and behind the White House, every reportedly costing round $50,000. The new flags on the North and South Lawns have been raised at a June 18 ceremony.
President Donald Trump watched as the flag poles and flags have been raised on June 18. (White House )
A paved Rose Garden garden
Tables and chairs in the Rose Garden of the White House on Aug. 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Garden in March. (Getty Images)
Elsewhere on the White House grounds, Trump directed the addition of stone pavers to the Rose Garden garden, a change designed to higher accommodate press conferences and ceremonial occasions.
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Framed by magnolia and crabapple timber, the Rose Garden has hosted every little thing from diplomatic welcomes to first woman initiatives.
The White House declined to say what further renovation initiatives have been in the works.
Amanda covers the intersection of enterprise and politics for Fox News Digital.
