President Donald Trump has made his mark on the White Home in some ways — together with the large ballroom development undertaking and the a number of gold touches he is added all through the West Wing.
Recent off a midterm election defeat, Trump signed a proclamation Thursday aiming to stop future presidents from making main modifications to the Oval Workplace and the Cupboard Room.
“We have had great victory on this workplace,” Trump stated. “So we’re making it a nationwide monument, and it’ll not be allowed to be touched by anyone, destroyed, ripped down by silly folks, with a purpose to construct one thing in a barely completely different form.”
President Donald Trump speaks within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, Nov. 5, 2026.
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The proclamation designates the Oval Workplace, the outer Oval Workplace and the Cupboard Room as a nationwide monument, which Trump stated will make them “inconceivable to knock down and alter in any significant manner.”
Trump stated the inside of the Cupboard Room, which serves as a gathering room for the president and his high advisers, is “just about the identical” as earlier than, however he additionally stated it has been “considerably upgraded” and that he added new chandeliers.
Trump additionally stated “no main modification” will happen to the Cupboard Room or Oval Workplace “with out the approval of Congress.”
The president indicated that the proclamation he signed declaring the rooms nationwide monuments must be despatched to Congress to be ratified.
“So we will be declaring it a nationwide monument, and we will ship it over to Congress, have it ratified,” he stated.
Work and decorations are seen within the Oval Workplace as President Donald Trump speaks after signing an government order on the White Home, Nov. 5, 2026.
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Requested by a reporter requested whether or not a future president may take away the gold accents that the president has hung within the Oval Workplace, Trump indicated {that a} future chief may, however “very fastidiously.”
In October 2025, Trump himself made main structural modifications to the White Home, tearing down the East Wing with little discover or oversight, as a part of the plan to construct the White Home ballroom.
President Donald Trump speaks in regards to the development of the ballroom, on the White Home in Washington, November 4, 2026.
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Development has continued since then, drastically altering the White Home grounds. On Wednesday, talking publicly for the primary time following the GOP’s midterm losses, Trump touted the ballroom undertaking as he invited reporters to the development web site to witness the elevating of the ultimate beam.
On the Wednesday occasion, Trump acknowledged the criticism he has acquired for focusing his consideration on the White Home initiatives.
“And you already know, after I get criticized, like, ‘Why are you engaged on the White Home?’ I am doing it as a result of the White Home is the last word image of America, and it is acquired to be pristine,” Trump stated.
