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The White House Rose Garden is almost back in business following a summer of renovations, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered reporters a close-up look at the new patio before the official reopening ceremony.
On Tuesday, Aug. 19, Leavitt took the White House press pool on a field trip to see the Rose Garden while President Donald Trump was playing his own music selection over the loudspeakers something he's been known to do at Mar-a-Lago events.
While songs like "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum and Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" played, Leavitt answered reporters' questions about the most significant updates to the Rose Garden since the Kennedy administration including why it looks so much like the president's West Palm Beach club, and whether first lady Melania Trump is satisfied with the final product.
One of the first questions revolved around the patio's viral yellow-and-white-striped umbrellas, which look identical to the umbrellas at Mar-a-Lago and have been lampooned in countless social media posts for resembling a smattering of chain restaurant patios.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-rose-garden-patio-171422940.html
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,264 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)electric_blue68
(27,329 posts)roses, some of the trees, added the chairs, tables, and their umbrellas over all in the first place!
Rip most of the concrete up (hopefully!) after Jan 20, 2029. Re-sod. Re-rose bushes! New big sapling trees as possible: ?magnolias, ?crab apples, etc
:lawngrass: emoji 🌹🌹🌷🌷🌹🌳👍
Polly Hennessey
(8,970 posts)Totally Tunsie
(12,024 posts)the thought being that if one were wealthy, they had acreage that had no intended purpose except to exist. Consequently, trumpie has chosen the path completely counter to the original sign of wealth. Figures!
He's tacky as hell.
cliffside
(1,779 posts)Celerity
(54,890 posts)
Skittles
(172,892 posts)I don't know whose taste is worse - his or his gold digger partner's
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