Repairs underway at White House North Portico
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the work reflects Trump’s attention to detail, with workers stripping about 150 years of paint from the columns.
- On Thursday, workers hung a tarp printed with images of the columns over the White House North Portico, concealing scaffolding for ongoing stone restoration work.
- President Donald Trump ordered the repairs after noticing "door dings" in the pillars; Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the president believes the 200-year-old structure requires attention.
- Appointee Rodney Mims Cook Jr. proposed swapping the Ionic columns for the ornate Corinthian style Trump uses at Mar-a-Lago, a plan critics labeled "a completely inappropriate idea" regarding historic preservation standards.
- Records obtained by The Washington Post show contractors sped up work on the $13 million project, adding $875,000 to the bill in anticipation of an upcoming state visit in September.
- The tarp drew comparisons to similar coverings at the Kennedy Center, as critics argue Trump's sweeping Washington, D.C. projects reflect his desire to impose his specific aesthetic on the capital's landmarks.
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ussanews.comTrump’s latest project: Workers drape off iconic White House columns as part of revamp efforts
The newest construction project at the White House has begun at President Donald Trump’s request. Over the past few days, construction crews installed scaffolding along the White House North Portico and covered the entire area in a drape that depicts how the president wants the area to look. Crews are reportedly rehabilitating the exterior columns as part of the president’s latest beautification effort across Washington, D.C. While scaffolding …
White House Is Covered with Tarps
“Construction workers started hanging large custom-designed tarps over the North Portico’s white columns at the White House on Thursday, showing the public what President Donald Trump wants the renovated front entrance to look like,” the Washington Examiner reports. “The tarps were printed with the redesigned columns as the coverings were placed over the actual columns, […]
Giant Tarp Painted To Look Like White House Columns Startles Onlookers
A "giant tarp" printed to resemble the columns it now covers has been quietly draped over an area of the White House one Trump appointee wants to redo so it will resemble Mar-a-Lago, witnesses reported on Thursday. Scaffolding at the White House's North Portico entrance was covered Wednesday as construction crews continued a makeover of the 200-year-old structure, according to multiple reporters on the scene. A White House official told MS NOW c…
Tarps Go Up at White House
The White House's front face is getting a facelift, President Trump's latest renovation project. Scaffolding has swallowed the North Portico in recent days as workers strip more than a century's worth of paint from its Ionic columns, repair the stone, and reassemble the area—lantern and all. A printed drape...
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