The White House was a “sh*t house” when President Donald Trump returned for his second term.
Since that return to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Trump has directed several changes, including adding new gold decor to the Oval Office, renovating the Lincoln Bathroom to add marble and l more gold fixtures, and demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom.
On Monday, Trump told an audience of law enforcement officials at the White House his opinion of condition of the building.
“This place was not properly taken care of,” Trump said.
He relayed first lady Melania Trump told him to “act presidential” and “don’t use foul language,” but he continued, stating, “normally I would have said it was a sh*t house, but I don’t wanna say that.”
He then listed some issues with the building.
“The columns were falling down. The plaster was falling off,” he said, adding the paint job was in disrepair as well, but “this place is tippy-top now.”
Trump boasted “all the brand-new beautiful new stone, I paid for it myself.”
“We’re bringing the White House back to shape,” he said.
“I spent a lot of time on bringing this house back, because this house was in very bad shape,” he said.
The White House should be “incredible” and “pristine,” he said.
“And the big thing is, we’re building a ballroom in the back, which will be, I think, the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world,” he said. “You’ll never see anything like it. And it will also be very safe. It’s going to be a very safe ballroom. It’s got glass this thick, it’s amazing, the glass is this thick, like six inches thick, and you look through it, and you can see as perfectly as though it weren’t there. Now, how they do that, I don’t know, but it’s at the highest level of safety, and you won’t have a situation like you had two weeks ago on Saturday night,” referring to the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
