A look at the renovations Trump has pursued since returning to office

Since returning to workplace, President Donald Trump has carried out a collection of adjustments geared toward reshaping the feel and appear of the White Home and different iconic Washington landmarks.

Over the weekend, the president introduced in a Fact Social publish that the Trump Kennedy Middle will shut later this yr for a two-year renovation.

He mentioned the choice adopted a years-long assessment involving contractors, artwork consultants and different consultants. He added that the non permanent closure would permit renovations to be accomplished sooner and to a better high quality than if development had been carried out whereas efficiency continued. It was not instantly clear what renovations had been deliberate, how a lot they’d price and what would occur to the deliberate performances.

TRUMP ANNOUNCES TWO-YEAR CLOSURE OF TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER DUE TO MAJOR RENOVATIONS

The Trump Kennedy Middle renovations are the most recent in a collection of design tasks the previous actual property developer has pursued since returning to the USA White House. Learn on to be taught extra about how the world’s most well-known actual property developer is making his mark on Washington.

‘Arc de Trump’

US President Donald Trump holds a mannequin of a bow as he delivers remarks throughout a fundraising dinner within the East Room ballroom of the White Home. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)

In October, Trump revealed a brand new monument referred to as the ‘Arc de Trump’, deliberate to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary subsequent yr.

Throughout a fundraising dinner within the White Home ballroom, Trump shared extra particulars concerning the newest monument deliberate for the nation’s capital. He mentioned he was proven three bow fashions in numerous sizes – small, medium and huge – and mentioned his choice was the biggest.

TRUMP UNVEILS MONUMENT AT ARC DE TRIOMPHE STYLE FOR AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY

President Donald Trump mentioned he most popular the biggest mannequin arch. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)

If Trump chooses the biggest proposed design, the arch would attain 250 ft tall, eclipsing the peak of the Lincoln Memorial and rivaling the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

The monument, a close to twin to Paris’ iconic Arc de Triomphe, is meant to welcome guests crossing the Memorial Bridge from Arlington Nationwide Cemetery into the center of the nation’s capital.

The opulent Oval Workplace

Trump speaks to reporters within the Oval Workplace. (Daniel Torok/The White Home)

Trump’s style for opulence is unmistakable within the Oval Workplace, the place gold accents now adorn the nation’s most iconic workspace, a mirrored image of his private type. Final March, Trump advised the Fox Information host Laura Ingraham throughout a tour of the Oval Workplace that the room “wanted just a little life” when requested concerning the gold particulars.

TRUMP GAVE THE OVAL OFFICE A GOLD PLATED MAKEOVER – AND COVERED THE COSTS HIMSELF

President Donald Trump meets European leaders after a telephone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin within the Oval Workplace on August 18, 2025. (Daniel Torok/White Home)

“Through the years, individuals have tried to provide you with a gold paint that appears like gold, however they by no means succeeded,” Trump advised Ingraham. “You have by no means been in a position to match gold with gold paint, that is why it is gold,” Trump added.

Since then, Trump has added gold accents all through the Oval Workplace, with ornamental particulars alongside the ceiling and across the doorway. Even the angels within the doorframes received a gilded makeover.

A gold cherub is seen above a door within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, on Might 5, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Photographs)

White Home spokesman Davis Ingle beforehand advised Fox Information Digital that the gold Trump added to the Oval Workplace “is of the very best high quality,” however declined to offer additional particulars.

The spokesperson additionally mentioned Trump personally coated the price of the gold accents, though they didn’t specify how a lot gold was added or how a lot Trump spent.

The White Home ‘stroll of fame’

President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia stroll alongside the western colonnade of the White Home to the Oval Workplace, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. (Joyce N. Boghosian/Official White Home Photograph)

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Exterior the Oval Workplace, the Trump administration unveiled the “Presidential Stroll of Fame,” a collection of portraits of former presidents now displayed alongside the West Wing colonnade. The portrait of the previous president Joe Biden reveals his signature, made 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 has added plaques beneath former President Joe Biden’s portrait within the Presidential Stroll of Fame. (Nicolas Rojas/Fox Information Digital)

The Trump administration additionally put in a number of massive mirrors in gold frames alongside the walkway.

The luxurious Lincoln toilet

President Donald Trump introduced new renovations to the Lincoln Toilet by way of a publish on Fact Social. (realDonaldTrump/Fact Social)

Trump mentioned he renovated the Lincoln toilet within the White Home as a result of it didn’t mirror the type of President Abraham Lincoln’s time.

“I renovated the Lincoln Toilet within the White Home. It was renovated within the Forties in an Artwork Deco type with inexperienced tiles, which was fully inappropriate for the Lincoln period,” Trump wrote in an Oct. 31 Fact Social publish.

A photograph shared on President Donald Trump’s Fact Social account of a renovated White Home toilet. (TruthSocial)

“I did it in black and white polished statuary marble. This was very applicable for the time of Abraham Lincoln and will in truth be the marble that was initially there,” he added.

President Donald Trump introduced new renovations to the Lincoln Toilet by way of a publish on his social media platform Fact Social. (realDonaldTrump/Fact Social)

No instant particulars had been accessible on the price of the toilet renovation.

A ballroom befitting the White Home

A rendering by McCrery Architects offered by the White Home of the brand new ballroom. (White Home)

One of many largest tasks presently underway is a 90,000-square-foot White Home ballroom designed to accommodate roughly 650 seated company.

On July 31, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced the deliberate development of the expansive ballroom. “The White Home is presently unable to host massive worship providers world leaders in different international locations with out having to put in a big and ugly tent about 100 meters away from the doorway to the primary constructing,” Leavitt mentioned at a press convention. The addition of the brand new ballroom will probably be “a much-needed and wonderful addition.”

EXPANSIVE $200M NEW WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM TO BE PAID BY TRUMP AND DONORS

A rendering by McCrery Architects offered by the White Home of the brand new ballroom. (The White Home)

The White Home doesn’t have a proper ballroom and the brand new ballroom will take the place of the East Wing. Development on the White Home grounds has already begun and the estimated price is greater than $200 million and will probably be funded by Trump and personal donors.

Towering American flags on the White Home garden

Trump paid the price of the 2 new flagpoles within the White Home. (Getty Photographs)

Previous to Independence Day, Trump additionally personally financed the set up of two 80-foot flagpoles carrying American flags in entrance and behind the White Home, reportedly costing about $50,000 every. The brand new flags on the North and South lawns had been raised throughout a ceremony on June 18.

President Donald Trump watched because the flagpoles and flags had been raised on June 18. (White Home)

A paved garden within the Rose Backyard

Tables and chairs within the White Home Rose Backyard on August 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Backyard in March. (Getty Photographs)

Elsewhere on the White Home grounds, Trump ordered the set up of stone pavers on the Rose Backyard garden, a change meant to higher accommodate information conferences and ceremonial occasions.

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Surrounded by magnolia and crabapple bushes, the Rose Backyard has hosted the whole lot from diplomatic welcomes to first girl initiatives.

The White Home declined to say what extra renovation tasks are within the works.