Overview
- Trump posted before-and-after images on Truth Social showing black-and-white statuary marble with gold fixtures in the bathroom adjoining the Lincoln Bedroom.
- Reporters note the previous green tile dates to the Truman-era reconstruction of the Executive Mansion in the late 1940s and 1950s.
- Asked about process, the White House did not immediately provide whether any formal design or preservation review was conducted for the renovation.
- The bathroom update is part of a broader remake that includes tearing down the East Wing for a privately funded roughly 90,000-square-foot ballroom that has drawn criticism from preservationists and Democrats.
- The reveal landed during a federal government shutdown with coverage highlighting potential SNAP disruptions, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised the change as making the residence more elegant.