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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMAGA Is Saying Truman Renovated The White House Too
That was because it was falling apart.
Ocelot II
(130,842 posts)for the purpose of entertaining wealthy donors.
eppur_se_muova
(42,126 posts)stopdiggin
(15,545 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,434 posts)eShirl
(20,317 posts)dflprincess
(29,366 posts)Helping to prove the structure was unsound. One engineer said the White House was standing only "out of habit".
sinkingfeeling
(57,866 posts)LeftinOH
(5,659 posts)was universally recognized as necessary. Truman just happened to be President at the time; if the rebuild didn't happen then, it would have been done during Eisenhower's term - at the latest.
Botany
(77,546 posts)
grounds. Truman had that work done by architects, engineers, and craftsmen and women Krasnov
has brought in a demolition company with backhoes and has not submitted any of the plans for his
golden ballroom which is larger than the original White House (prior to its destruction) by almost
100% to any kind of professional review.
Btw the White House already had an exquisite ballroom.