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Trump Unveils Marble-Clad Lincoln Bathroom Amid White House Overhaul
President continues his sweeping White House redesign with a newly revealed Lincoln Bedroom bathroom remodel
President Donald Trump on Friday shared images of a fully renovated bathroom adjoining the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, describing the makeover as aligning the 19th-century historic space more closely with its namesake era.
The room, formerly tiled in 1940s-era green Art Deco design, now features black and white polished statuary marble with gold fixtures, according to the president.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social-media platform aboard Air Force One.
“It was renovated in the 1940s in an art-deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.
I did it in black and white polished statuary marble.
This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!”
The reveal comes against the backdrop of the broader White House transformation launched by the administration: the East Wing has been partially demolished to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the Rose Garden has been repaved, and the Oval Office re-decorated in gold-toned stylings.
These moves reflect the president’s stated intention to restore “elegance” to the presidential residence while underscoring his hands-on approach as a builder-executive.
While the White House emphasises that the bathroom renovation and the related ballroom project are privately funded and will not draw on taxpayer dollars, architects and preservation specialists have raised questions about review processes and historic-preservation standards.
The president’s post files do not indicate formal committee sign-off for the bathroom work; some experts have flagged the lack of clear documentation for what is traditionally a heritage-sensitive site.
Members of the public appear divided.
A recent poll found fifty-six percent of Americans oppose the ballroom project and the associated demolition of the East Wing, with only twenty-eight percent in favour, while decorative changes such as the bathroom refit have drawn little discrete polling attention but are seen as part of the same broader enterprise of redesign.
The president’s team frames the projects as legacy-building and symbolic of national prestige; critics characterise them as self-aggrandising.
As crews proceed with the ballroom construction and further interior upgrades, the Lincoln Bathroom renovation stands as the latest visible demonstration of the president’s agenda to reshape the “People’s House” in a style he describes as befitting the era of Lincoln and America’s founding leadership.
The room, formerly tiled in 1940s-era green Art Deco design, now features black and white polished statuary marble with gold fixtures, according to the president.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social-media platform aboard Air Force One.
“It was renovated in the 1940s in an art-deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.
I did it in black and white polished statuary marble.
This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!”
The reveal comes against the backdrop of the broader White House transformation launched by the administration: the East Wing has been partially demolished to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the Rose Garden has been repaved, and the Oval Office re-decorated in gold-toned stylings.
These moves reflect the president’s stated intention to restore “elegance” to the presidential residence while underscoring his hands-on approach as a builder-executive.
While the White House emphasises that the bathroom renovation and the related ballroom project are privately funded and will not draw on taxpayer dollars, architects and preservation specialists have raised questions about review processes and historic-preservation standards.
The president’s post files do not indicate formal committee sign-off for the bathroom work; some experts have flagged the lack of clear documentation for what is traditionally a heritage-sensitive site.
Members of the public appear divided.
A recent poll found fifty-six percent of Americans oppose the ballroom project and the associated demolition of the East Wing, with only twenty-eight percent in favour, while decorative changes such as the bathroom refit have drawn little discrete polling attention but are seen as part of the same broader enterprise of redesign.
The president’s team frames the projects as legacy-building and symbolic of national prestige; critics characterise them as self-aggrandising.
As crews proceed with the ballroom construction and further interior upgrades, the Lincoln Bathroom renovation stands as the latest visible demonstration of the president’s agenda to reshape the “People’s House” in a style he describes as befitting the era of Lincoln and America’s founding leadership.
