President Trump detailed what may be his next renovation project during an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham.
Discussing the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), Trump said, “When that building was built, people considered it to be a really ugly building, and I looked at it – and some other people [looked at it] – and it’s one of the most beautiful buildings ever built.”
The president intends to refresh the paint in the building, explaining it would bring out its “detail” and “highlight” its features.
“It’s all painting. Most of it’s painting. It’s cleaning, pointing, and painting. It needs other work too,” Trump said.
The EEOB was originally built for the State, War, and Navy Departments between 1871 and 1888, the General Services Administration’s website explains. “The Navy outgrew its space and left in 1918. The War Department outgrew its space and left in 1938. The State Department followed in 1947,” the page details. “In 1949 the building became the Executive Office Building to better identify its occupants, the Bureau of the Budget and White House staff.”
Last month, President Trump announced that the Lincoln Bathroom had been renovated.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “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!”
A ballroom project is also underway at the White House.
