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For generations, each American president has left his stamp on the White House. But in just a year of his second term, President Trump has overseen a collection of changes that is unprecedented in scale, speed and cost.<\/p>\n
Some changes are cosmetic, while others are structural. As with his executive style, he has broken long-held norms in his makeover of the \u201cPeople\u2019s House.\u201d Critics have questioned Mr. Trump\u2019s demolition of the East Wing before gaining approvals, and the administration is under legal pressure over plans to build a ballroom in its place.<\/p>\n
It is difficult to know the full price tag of the renovations, but they come at a time when cost of living and inflation are top of mind for many Americans. Mr. Trump has said that he is personally paying for some projects, and that he and his donors would foot the bill for the $400 million ballroom.<\/p>\n
Here are the 10 areas he transformed.<\/p>\n
Mr. Trump is not done yet.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Times this month, he said that designs were being drawn up for a second level on top of the West Colonnade. Called the \u201cUpper West Wing,\u201d it would hold offices for West Wing aides and \u201cfuture first ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Cover:<\/strong> Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Cabinet Room:<\/strong> Drew Angerer\/The New York Times and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Oval Office:<\/strong> Dirck Halstead\/Getty Images, Eric Draper\/The White House, via National Archives, Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Bruce White, via White House Historical Association<\/p>\n Oval Office study:<\/strong> David Valdez\/The White House, via National Archives, Pete Souza\/The White House and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n West Colonnade:<\/strong> Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times<\/p>\n Rose Garden:<\/strong> Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Todd Heisler\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Palm Room:<\/strong> Jack E. Boucher\/Historic American Buildings Survey, via Library of Congress and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Flagpoles:<\/strong> Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Lincoln Bathroom:<\/strong> Andrea Hanks\/The White House and Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p>\n Entrance Hall:<\/strong> Doug Mills\/The New York Times and Stephen Crowley\/The New York Times<\/p>\n East Wing Ballroom:<\/strong> Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress, Kevin Carter\/Getty Images, Doug Mills\/The New York Times, Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images and Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images In a year, the president has altered 10 spaces in the White House. For generations, each American president has left his stamp on the White House. But in just a year of his second term, President Trump has overseen a collection of changes that is unprecedented in scale, speed and cost. Some changes are cosmetic,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[671,71,2168],"class_list":{"0":"post-42641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-justice","8":"tag-house","9":"tag-trumps","10":"tag-white"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}