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Trump touts White House Bathroom remodel amid shutdown
White House Lincoln Bathroom Renovation.
Source: @realdonaldtrump | Truth Social
First the Oval Office, then the East Wing — and now, the Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom.
President Donald Trump is plowing ahead with his inside-and-out remodel of the White House, and he’s happy to show off the changes — even as critics slam him as “tone deaf” for touting glitzy renovations during a costly government shutdown.
Trump on Friday afternoon shared two dozen photos of the newly refurbished bathroom, which is now covered from floor to ceiling in what the president described as “black and white polished Statuary marble.”
Renovated Lincoln Bathroom in the White House.
Source: @realdonaldtrump | Truth Social
“This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!” Trump wrote in one of seven Truth Social posts containing photos of the renovation.
The bathroom also sports gold-colored fixtures and accents — including the bath and sink faucets, wall sconces and trash bin — as well as a crystal hanging chandelier, the photos show.
Trump told NBC News in July that he planned to update the bathroom of the historic Lincoln Bedroom in a style that is truer to the era of the 16th president, who held office from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
The previous decor, an art deco green tile style, was “totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” Trump wrote in Friday’s post.
The Lincoln Bathroom in the White House before renovation.
Source: @realdonaldtrump | Truth Social
Trump’s Democratic critics pounced on the construction updates, slamming him for focusing on the bathroom remodel while a government shutdown, now in its 31st day, threatens access to crucial federal services.
“Millions of people are being kicked off of food assistance and millions can’t afford health care anymore. But don’t worry everyone! Trump got a new bathroom,” Democratic commentator Harry Sisson wrote in an X post.
“So tone deaf, out of touch, and disgusting,” Sisson wrote.
“We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this,” Ron Filipowski, editor in chief of the anti-Trump media outlet MeidasTouch, wrote on X.
Asked for a response to those critiques, White House spokesman Davis Ingle told CNBC, “Democrats are more concerned with President Trump’s historic beautification of the White House than they are for American citizens they are hurting because of their reckless government shutdown.”
In another Truth Social post Friday, Trump announced that he had inspected construction taking place at the Kennedy Center, where, months earlier, he had fired several board members and installed himself as chair.
“It is really looking good!” he wrote. “The exterior columns, which were in serious danger of corrosion if something weren’t done, are completed, and look magnificent in White Enamel — Like a different place!”
“Marble is being done, stages are being renovated, new seats, new chairs, and new fabrics will soon be installed, and magnificent high end carpeting throughout the building,” Trump wrote
