Overview
- In a Fox News interview, the president showed before-and-after renderings of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building painted white and said the change would "bring out the detail."
- He said he has not decided to proceed and is soliciting bids from painters while gathering costs.
- Host Laura Ingraham pushed back, asking whether the redesign would make the landmark look like "a big white blob," underscoring debate over altering the 19th-century National Historic Landmark.
- The proposal follows last month’s teardown of the East Wing for a privately funded ballroom estimated at roughly $250–$300 million, as Democrats float plans to repurpose or even remove the space if they regain the presidency, with a Washington Post–Ipsos poll showing 88% of Democrats and 61% of independents oppose the project.
- Separately on Thursday, Trump hinted at future work to connect the residence to the new ballroom, pointing to a "knock-out" wall panel that could make way for a glass corridor.