Trump says Oval Office to become national monument
The order directs federal preservation review before major changes and says the rooms will stay in daily presidential use, the White House said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation designating the Oval Office, Outer Oval Office, and Cabinet Room as national monuments, directing the Interior Department to manage these spaces and requiring review before substantial alterations.
- This designation follows Trump's extensive redesign of White House spaces since 2025, which included gold-heavy renovations and structural projects the president presented as a preservation measure for areas he has heavily decorated.
- Trump claimed the order mandates Congressional approval for major modifications, though the proclamation's text does not explicitly require legislative ratification; it preserves presidential authority to redecorate provided changes do not impair historic structure.
- Critics, including legal experts, noted that any proclamation can be revoked by a successor, citing Trump's own history of reversing monument designations and the irony of his previous demolition of the historic East Wing.
- The proclamation arrives as Democrats prepare to assume control of Congress following midterm election losses for Republicans; Trump intends to seek legislative ratification, though approval remains uncertain in the shifting political landscape.
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US President Donald Trump has declared his study, the Oval Office, a national monument. He himself had decorated the room with gold ornaments on a large scale. According to Trump's successors, it is now difficult to redesign the room.
Trump signs proclamation to declare Oval Office a ‘national monument’
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday, declaring the Oval Office a “national monument” to prevent future presidents from making substantial changes to the space. The White House proclamation designates the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office, and the Cabinet Room as a nationally recognized monument. “The White House and its grounds are Federal […]
US President Donald Trump Designates the Oval Office as a National Monument, with No Changes Allowed
Donald Trump designated the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office, and the Cabinet Room as national monuments by proclamation on November 5, 2026.
Donald Trump decides to protect the gold decorations of the Oval Office from future presidents.The American president has signed an executive order through which he intends to protect the historic appearance of the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room in the White House from possible changes by future presidents.The decision comes after the 80-year-old has significantly changed the appearance of the Oval Office, filling it with gold decorations, por…
Trump wants to prevent future American leaders from altering the divisions he remodeled during his term, including the Oval Room, whose walls filled with portraits and gold details.
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