{"id":112651,"date":"2026-01-26T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112651\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:59:31","slug":"see-all-of-trumps-changes-to-the-white-house-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112651\/","title":{"rendered":"See All of Trump\u2019s Changes to the White House So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t In a year, the president has altered 10 spaces in the White House. <\/p>\n

For generations, each American president has left his stamp on the White House. But in just a year of his second term, President Trump has overseen a collection of changes that is unprecedented<\/a> in scale, speed and cost.<\/p>\n

Some changes are cosmetic, while others are structural. As with his executive style, he has broken<\/a> long-held<\/a> norms<\/a> in his makeover of the \u201cPeople\u2019s House.\u201d Critics have questioned Mr. Trump\u2019s demolition of the East Wing before gaining approvals, and the administration is under legal pressure<\/a> over plans to build a ballroom in its place.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to know the full price tag of the renovations, but they come at a time when cost of living and inflation<\/a> are top of mind for many Americans. Mr. Trump has said that he is personally paying for some projects, and that he and his donors would foot the bill<\/a> for the $400 million ballroom.<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 areas he transformed.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump is not done yet.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Times this month, he said that designs were being drawn up for a second level<\/a> on top of the West Colonnade. Called the \u201cUpper West Wing,\u201d it would hold offices for West Wing aides and \u201cfuture first ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo credits<\/p>\n

Cover: Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Cabinet Room: Drew Angerer\/The New York Times and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Oval Office: Dirck Halstead\/Getty Images, Eric Draper\/The White House, via National Archives, Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Bruce White, via White House Historical Association<\/p>\n

Oval Office study: David Valdez\/The White House, via National Archives, Pete Souza\/The White House and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

West Colonnade: Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times<\/p>\n

Rose Garden: Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Todd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Palm Room: Jack E. Boucher\/Historic American Buildings Survey, via Library of Congress and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Flagpoles: Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Lincoln Bathroom: Andrea Hanks\/The White House and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

Entrance Hall: Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Stephen Crowley\/The New York Times<\/p>\n

East Wing Ballroom: Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress, Kevin Carter\/Getty Images, Doug Mills\/The New York Times, Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images and Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a year, the president has altered 10 spaces in the White House. For generations, each American president…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12616,4074,2822,1452,10016,9,11,10,1069,1876,8093,9233],"class_list":["post-112651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-building-construction","tag-dc","tag-demolition","tag-donald-j","tag-interior-design-and-furnishings","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-trump","tag-united-states-politics-and-government","tag-washington-dc","tag-white-house-building-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}