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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Trump declares Oval Office a national monument to stop future presidents from tearing it apart - The Daily Bo Snerdley
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) Trump declares the Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument. The proclamation requires special review before major structural changes. Future presidents can still redecorate, but Trump’s goal is to protect the historic rooms. LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time) Donald Trump has spent much of his second term putting his personal stamp on the White House. Now he’s taki…
Donald Trump declared the Oval Office a national monument on Thursday night. The US President had decorated the room with gold ornaments on a large scale during his second term of office.
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The decision comes a few days after the Republican defeats in the mid-term elections and aims to prevent future administrations from changing the renewed spaces.
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