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New photos show that the historic rose garden looks almost unrecognizable amid renewions
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Began Their White House Changes on June 9
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The Garden Area is Used to Host Press Conferences, Dignitaries, Sports Teams and Special Events
The Historic White House Rose Garden Looks Almost Unrecognizable As renews are Underway.
New Photos Reveal Just How Different The Area Looks Nearly Two Weeks After President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump Began Their White House Alterations On June 9.
What Was Once the Grass Center Square of the Rose Garden is Completely Gone, the Gravel Now Sits on Top of the Area, with Bulldozers and other construction Nearby.
Other Photos, Which Were Obtained By Town and Country MagazineShow Dirt Being Moved by Bulldozers, WELL AS WORKERS CARRYING EQUIPMENT AND ORHER ITEMS TO THE CENTER AREA.
Some Greenery Remains, However, The Original Hedges Around the Rose Garden Could Still Be Seen Bordering The Area.
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The Rose Garden at the White House on June 18.
The Most Recent Photography Differ from images Taken at the Beginning of the Renovations. Those Photos Initially Showed A Grassy Area Being Dug Up and Parts of A Limestone Border – Installed by Melania, 55, During Her Husband’s First Term In Office – Being Moved in Order to Lay Down A Concrete Surface with the Border.
Donald, 79, Previously Explained His Reasoning for Alerting The White House in A March Interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.
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President Donald Trump with Workers in Front of the White House on June 18.
“You know, we use [the Rose Garden] For Press Conferences, and It Doesn’t Work Because The People Fall, ”He Said at the Time.
“The Terin Can Be Wet, and the Soft Ground Can Be An Issue For Some,” Trump Aded. “Women, with the High Heels, It Just Didn’t Work.”
At the Start of the Renews, White House Official Description The New Construction A A “Restoration” and Told People That Donald And Melania “have respect for the history of the White House and for the Rose Garden.”
“This Restoration to the Rose Garden Preserveves the Beauty of the Space and Builds on the Work Done In 2020, with a focus on Enhancing Practical Use and Guest Experience for Those Attending Special Events,” The Official ADDED.
Still, Many have Criticized the New Renovations, Sharing Their Thoughts on Social Media.
“To remove Kennedy’s Rose Garden is Removing a Piece of Our White House History. And for Patio,” One Person Wrote in a Post On X.
Another said On the Social Media Platform, “White House Rose Garden Gone. Absolily Crazy.”
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President Donald Trump with Workers in Front of the White House on June 18.
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Melania Previously Faced Significant Backlash WHEN She Initially Redid The Rose Garden in 2020. At the time, she made a rare public statementSaying that the “Rose Garden is Graced with a Healthy & Colorful Blossoming of Roses.”
The Remarks Came after NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss Described Her Botanical Vision As “Grim.”
Other current White house renovations are set to include the installation of a ballroom in the white house, per the Associated Pressas well as Two New Flag Poles on the North and South Lawns.
Donald Announced in Aprin that he will be Personally Funding The Work, Telling Reporters, “They’ve Needed Flagpoles for 200 Years,” Redin the American Flag and the Pow/Mia Flag Flying Atop The White House On A Flagpole Each Day.
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