Secret Transformation: Rose Garden Bulldozed and Paved Over in Shocking White House Redesign
“The terrain can be wet, and the soft ground can be an issue for some,” he said, as a nod to the approximately 7 to 9 inches of rain Washington, DC gets annually.
“Women, with the high heels… it just didn’t work,” he continued.
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Leading up to the work in the area, which started on June 9, a spokesperson for the White House told the press that despite the change, Trump and his wife, Melania, had a “deep respect for the history of the White House and for the Rose Garden.”
“This restoration to the Rose Garden preserves the beauty of the space and builds on the work done in 2020,” their statement to PEOPLE continued, referring to work done by the first Trump administration.
The White House garden, at one point, became a controversial “lightning rod”
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Leading up to Trump’s departure from the White House in 2020, the country’s 45th president and his wife had removed all the fauna growing in the area to replace an aging irrigation system.
The project included the laying of paved walkways and the replanting of all the greenery.
After former president Joe Biden took the Oval Office, the garden’s historian, Michael Beschloss, became vocal about his dislike for the alteration.
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He vented his dissent on X regularly to the point that it drew a reaction from a usually reserved Melania, and it was not long before CNNreported on it, describing the garden as a controversial “lightning rod.”
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