{"id":237476,"date":"2025-10-24T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237476\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:56:12","slug":"jackie-kennedys-rose-garden-grandson-jack-schlossberg-rips-donald-trump-for-ruining-late-first-ladys-white-house-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237476\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Kennedy&#8217;s Rose Garden: Grandson Jack Schlossberg rips Donald Trump for ruining late first lady&#8217;s White House legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/jackie-kennedy-relationships-after-jfk-aristotle-onassis-maurice-tempelsman\/99cd1d65-de95-43d5-bf97-1b0b6bfedf63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"J\ufeffackie Kennedy&#039;s \">J\ufeffackie Kennedy&#8217;s<\/a> grandson has ripped into Donald Trump for demolishing her famous White House garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/jack-schlossberg-john-f-kennedy-grandson\/a15cb5d9-487d-4f41-9652-8186a44981e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Jack Schlossberg\">Jack Schlossberg<\/a>, the 32-year-old grandson of the <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/john-f-kennedy-jfk-jackie-love-story\/eadaefea-99dd-4e29-9237-10554968b050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"former first lady\">former first lady<\/a>, expressed his frustration with the Trump administration on Instagram after they ripped out his grandmother&#8217;s Rose Garden, located in the building&#8217;s East Wing.<\/p>\n<p>They are concreting over the entire garden to make way for the president&#8217;s $300 million ballroom\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ecc0baee-dcbf-479d-92a1-eba1499de524.jpeg\"  alt=\"Former U.S. First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., departing White House through the Rose Garden for the last time with Special Assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Dave Powers, following behind, Washington, D.C., USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, December 6, 1963. (Photo by: GHI\/Universal History Archive\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images\"\/>Jackie Kennedy&#8217;s famous Rose Garden at the White House is being demolished by the Trump administration. (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My grandmother saw America in full colour \u2014 Trump sees black and white. Where she planted flowers, he poured concrete,&#8221; the post starts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She brought life to the White House, because our landmarks should inspire and grow with our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pos tincludes a bright photo of Schlossberg as a toddler standing in the Rose Garden.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/royals\/prince-andrew-royal-titles-he-has-lost-why-they-were-removed-explainer\/9a1e1b43-09d4-446f-b08b-f5299a8afdd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\">Prince Andrew quietly loses two other titles &#8211; and one could go to Louis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/kitchen.nine.com.au\/latest\/aussie-favourite-confectionary-back-on-supermarket-shelves\/0e2ec3b6-e5f1-4d80-bfef-36850f9a45db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aussie confectionary spotted on shelves after going missing for months<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/living\/air-conditioner-best-temperature-summer-winter\/8e771022-5bb2-4ab8-9f26-e016e4f5debb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The right temperature to set your air con for cooling without high costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bf007f4e-2c8c-420c-829b-d601ae8e35ee.jpeg\" \/>Jack Schlossberg shared a photo of himself as a toddler standing in his grandmother&#8217;s famous Rose Garden. (Instagram\/@jackuno)<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cf971c39-febd-4413-b2a1-58f89c896bb6.jpeg\" \/>The second photo of the carousel \ufeffshows the construction site that the garden has become.  (Instagram\/@jackuno)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her Rose Garden is gone, but the spirit of the Kennedy White House lives on \u2014 in the young at heart, the strong in spirit, and in a new generation answering the call to service,&#8221; he cotninued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A year from now, we&#8217;ll get our last chance to stop Trump. History is watching. We need leaders with courage, conviction and who actually care.\ufeff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The second photo of the carousel \ufeffshows the construction site the garden has become.<\/p>\n<p>A plastic tarp covered in gravel and building materials can be seen in the photo. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jack-schlossberg-slams-trump-for-pouring-concrete-on-grandmother-jackie-kennedy-s-rose-garden-as-white-house-demolition-escalates-11836228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"People Magazine\">People Magazine<\/a> that the president was &#8220;working 24\/7 to Make America Great Again, including his historic beautification of the White House, at no taxpayer expense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These long-needed upgrades will benefit generations of future presidents and American visitors to the People&#8217;s House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1ae3feff-6940-4cd2-9149-96d537a13fc8.jpeg\"  alt=\"President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie, who is holding a bouquet of roses, just after their arrival at the airport for the fateful drive through Dallas.\"\/>The historic East Wing has been connected to the First Ladies of the United States throughout history.  (The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The East Wing of the White House has been connected to the First Ladies of the United States throughout history.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe wing has held the office of the First Lady since Rosalynn Carter started the tradition in 1977.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/2021\/04\/05\/11\/05\/jackie-kennedy-onassis-life-in-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fbef13ed-4f44-4903-bc9b-bebfb9391f9e.jpeg\"  alt=\"CIRCA 1960s:  Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy enjoys herself at a picnic circa the 1960s.  \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackie Kennedy: Her life through the years<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Kennedy was married to US president John F Kennedy and died \ufeffin May 1994 after a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her daughter Caroline Kennedy and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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