Melania Trump to announce Rose Garden renovation

[demmiblue]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Melania Trump will oversee a renovation of the White House Rose Garden, overhauling the iconic greenspace adjacent to the Oval Office and West Wing, according to a source familiar with the first lady's plan.

Trump's announcement is expected Monday, the source tells CNN.

Trump intends to restore the space to more resemble the original design and formation of the Rose Garden, established by President John F. Kennedy, and implemented in 1962 by horticulturist and philanthropist Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. The renovation, which will include excavation, could take several weeks, according to the source familiar with the timeline, and the Rose Garden will, during that time, be out of commission for use.

President Donald Trump has used the Rose Garden more frequently in recent weeks as a space to hold news conferences. In the era of Covid-19, the outdoor venue provides more safety from potential spread of the virus for journalists and guests, as medical experts maintain being outside is more optimal than gathering indoors.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/melania-trump-rose-garden-renovation/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_content=2020-07-27T11%3A33%3A48&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp

[Iliyah]

1. Huh? . .

[lagomorph777]

73. "will include excavation" - sounds like cover for some major operation.

Excavation for a rose garden involves a shovel or two. If we see heavy equipment, we can suppose they are expanding the bunker or adding another escape route, say to a Russian sub in the Potomac.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Rearranging the roses on the SS Trump Titanic

Whatever, Melania.

[PatSeg]

41. Yeah

Nothing like renovating shortly before you move. Making it nice for the next tenant. Meanwhile, we are in the middle of a pandemic and major social unrest. These people sure know how to time things.

[forgotmylogin]

48. They've got some more gold curtains ready.

Or maybe they're going to put up a statue of some sort.

[PatSeg]

50. Oh my

I hadn't thought of that. There is no limit to how vulgar these people can be.

[CrispyQ]

59. A statue--it wouldn't surprise me. Not one fucking bit.

He will do as much damage as he can in the time he has left.

[Evolve Dammit]

65. 45 in a confederate uniform carrying a bible

[lagomorph777]

76. Naked Trump fountain, peeing on the roses

[Evolve Dammit]

80. yeeeewww. It would be appropriate though. Gack.

[yardwork]

3. Wasting tax payer money while millions are out of work.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. Kinda like playing golf every weekend while thousands are dying

[Tracer]

42. Not this time.

Apparently it will be financed with private donations.

And planting roses in the heat of the summer is not a good idea.

[AZ8theist]

49. Like this is a good idea on ANY level...

Fuck off, Malaria. Spend your time packing.

[yardwork]

91. What private donations? I don't believe them.

Who is going to donate to such a frivolous cause? If they do, it will be a kickback or bribe or money laundering.

[NurseJackie]

4. Melania is a bored and frustrated housewife. Nothing to do. Can't follow the soap opera story lines.

She doesn't know how to sort, wash, or iron laundry. Be-Best was a joke and she knows it. Her Xmas decorations looked like a Halloween haunted forest. She wants to be Jackie, but she's just a poor imitation. She'll always be a grifter, a mail-order-bride who provides basic child-bearing and other receiving services. She's a pretender. A stuffed, tucked, pulled, nipped, tucked, injected, scraped, lifted, siliconed, plastic doll. A complete phony.

Someone else is obviously doing this on her behalf... making all the decisions... and then showing her the plans and asking "Okay, Melanie... do you like this?"

She says "I am plans liking" and work moves ahead without any further input or oversight from her (except maybe a photo-op of her in the freshly tilled soil... wearing stilettos).

She's a brainless bigot, just like her husband. I wonder if he thinks he's getting his money's worth out of her.

[underpants]

10. Perhaps an homage to the Saudis "orb"?

[Scarsdale]

13. So is the tennis pavilion finished?

She got some good photo ops there, in a hard hat. I think that any renovating should be set aside this late in the game. The Bidens will do it, if necessary. First there is so much disaster to fix from the last 4 years, who has time for tennis or gardens? The tRumps will be busy in court, defending their grifting.

[underpants]

23. I think they found the tunnel and shut it down

It was a good try Melania.

[NurseJackie]

40. Ha!

[Ohiogal]

82. I just love Phyllis Diller ...

[NurseJackie]

84. I was thinking some gnomes or wildlife statuary

[underpants]

86. Tommy Gun gnome!!!

[PatSeg]

44. True, I think she had nothing to do with this

It is probably a stunt to provide a photo opportunity to make her look First Ladyish before an election. If she had anything to do with it, it was probably a passing comment about the Rose Garden. Everything this family does is phony.

[NurseJackie]

51. Whever she's "quoted" in print... I always imagine her words being said by Natasha Fatale...

... from Rocky & Bullwinkle. --- She's definitely got Natasha's eyes.

[PatSeg]

56. Ha, ha, ha!

Natasha sounds more intelligent though!

[livetohike]

5. She wants to be remembered for something other than her

career as a “model”. They have six months left in office. She should be packing her moving boxes not doing this.

[SergeStorms]

85. The hired help does their packing and moving.

No one in that crew lifts a finger for anything.

[NCDem47]

6. Ummmmm...

They're out of there in six months. Why start this?

Seriously, just another dumbass signal to Trumpanzees that all is well and they'll carry on like its in the bag.

[Botany]

11. As a professional in the biz of landscaping/hort

What a waste of money. The garden is just fine and you do not move plants in the summer either.

"They're out of there in six months. Why start this?"

She should be talking to her lawyers about getting the divorce papers ready for Jan. 2021.

[cab67]

29. lawyers?

She should be talking to them about any and all indictments that might be headed her way.

[Joinfortmill]

21. I agree

[lagomorph777]

79. It's cover for something else that requires excavation.

A sub-bunker where he can hole up for years to evade justice, perhaps?

[Jedi Guy]

99. We can hope so.

Just drop a lead slab on top of the door to contain the blight and pour a bit of concrete in for good measure. It'll be like a time capsule, except this one will not be intended to be opened at some point in the future.

[lagomorph777]

101. An eternity capsule. Love it!

[alphafemale]

100. Bodies? nt

[rurallib]

7. Be Best, Rose Garden

[underpants]

8. Gold mirror balls and lawn jockeys?

I wouldn’t be surprised.

[Bengus81]

12. You forgot Pink flamingos by the dozen

[Scarsdale]

14. Nekid statues of

who else - Maleria of course. Something to remember the Forst Lay-Dee that Franklin Graham claimed is the "classiest first lady ever". Yes, I always think "classy" when I see naked women posing like she did.

[underpants]

26. Aaaand (pulls cover off naked statue fountain) ....every jaw in the press Corp drops

[Rebl2]

72. My neighbor across the field

has pink flamingos and I rather enjoy seeing them😊

[soothsayer]

15. Gold-plated garden gnomes

[underpants]

24. Yes!

[Evolve Dammit]

66. OMG. Lawn jockeys. I had totally forgotten that racial slur. They were always black.

Sadly, I'm sure there are people who still have them. I haven't seen one since I left the midwest.

[underpants]

68. I was told this fantastic tale about how they weren't racist

They were a means to signal to escaped slaves that a friendly doctor was in this house or that you could find a place to stay here. I was sure it was BS but didn’t say anything. I got home and looked it up. Pure nonsense.

The woven blankets and quilts WERE a code but not the lawn jockeys.

[mountain grammy]

9. Excavation? Burying bodies?

[Maxheader]

16. I suppose stumpy had Michelle Obama's cherished garden....

plowed up....

[Submariner]

20. They plowed up Michelle's garden

when they dug out and buried Barack’s basketball court for that tennis pavilion that I hope Biden knocks down to replace the basketBall court so it’s there when Obama visits in the event he wants to play some hoops.

[Maxheader]

32. A lot of symbolism to shooting hoops..

Seriously...Feelings of success..achievement..I get chills when I hit a behind the back

from 20 feet...running...

Put up a protected monument to Obama, on the White House grounds...Marble 20 x 20

court with a brushed stainless pole...bronze backboard and basket....chrome chain net.

And a bronze figurine of the man shooting the basketball...That's the least the new Democrat

controlled Congress can do..for the 5 - 6 years of bull shit he put up with mitch the bitch

mcconnell and his gop lackeys...

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. So, will she be doing a nude photo shoot?

[maxrandb]

18. Through the Looking Glass... Darkly

This is evidence that America...and possibly the entire fucking world has not only crashed through the Looking Glass, but we are now using the broken shards to slit our fucking wrists.

Every fiber of my being, from the deepest depths of my soul, to the tips of my male nipples in the frozen-food section at Harris Teeter, knows with a crystalline, pure spar certainty, that I should NOT BE REQUIRED to give ONE-FUCK what this soulless, hell spawn "Netherworld Barbie" has to say about fucking anything

My intellect, my psyche, my conscience, my decency and grace...all tell me that I shouldn't even be required to know who in the fuck these people are.

I know that these lifeless, grifting, vapid, empty vessels deserve NOT ONE NANO-SECOND of my serious thoughts.

These spray-on-tan, Loreal of Paris, plastic, Axe-Body Spray wearing morons SHOULD BE THE MOST FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE WE EVER ENCOUNTER

Their impact on our lives should have the same effect of a fucking gnat blocking the path of a charging rhino.

I will NEVER forgive fucking Donnie Shit for Brains voting morons for requiring me to take seriously A FUCKING BUNCH OF IGNORANT FUCKSTICKS that should NEVER be taken seriously

This fucking family and their supporters, are like dog-shit stuck in the grooves of your tennis shoes.

[Joinfortmill]

25. Amen, my friend, amen.

[MuseRider]

52. I suspect that is just about perfect!

Every day they HAVE to do or say something to make us pay attention to them. None of it good for anyone but themselves.

I suspect we will never hear the end of them. Ever. They got here, they hopefully will lose here but they will never stay out of our brain space. I hated DT for years, never paid a single bit of attention to him but there he was, in my brain anyway. Now this.

Well said and exactly right. There are many people like this who we should not have to hear about but none as toxic as these with all the keys to our lives. Jesus. It really is a living nightmare.

[lark]

19. So, she will make it thorns only?

That would be a great representation of how she and her anchor feel about the country. It would also match one of her so=called Christmas tree themes.

[Scarsdale]

22. Jaysus H. Kryst.

She should spend less time boozing with Stephanie Grisham, and more time reading newspapers, or even watching the news. This is truly ASSININE. What planet is this fake "lady" living on? Hey, Maleria, go get more "kidney surgery" and leave decisions to the adults, O.K.?

[cannabis_flower]

27. Let's hope the renovation is less gaudy.

Than this:

[sheilahi]

39. Where's Lurch?

Hot wheels limos, sitting on a stuffed lion in a suit. Every little boys' dream.

[PatSeg]

46. Nice touch with the toy limos

Meanwhile, that poor kid couldn't look much sadder.

[Harker]

47. Can't buy good taste.

That's a perfect illustration of that fact.

[NurseJackie]

94. The classic "Baroque Bordello" look. Timeless. Never goes out of style.

She looks like a silicone sex doll. Phony. Plastic. Tacky. Cheap.

[MissMillie]

28. It's nice that she wants to spruce things up...

...before the new occupants arrive.

[Paladin]

30. Fuck this. Fascists aren't any good at distractions. (nt)

[samsingh]

31. what a stupid vacuous idiot she is

[sarge43]

33. The same who oversaw The Hallway of Horror Christmas decor.

Sweet Jebus on a rocket shed.

[riversedge]

34. "I think that @FLOTUS should be aware that this could certainly look like another 'let them eat cake

Melania Trump to announce Rose Garden renovation


https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/melania-trump-rose-garden-renovation/index.html
Kate Bennett

By Kate Bennett, CNN

Updated 7:07 AM ET, Mon July 27, 2020
...................................


Trump's March post -- expressing her excitement and featuring photographs of the first lady wearing a hard hat and looking over apparent architectural plans -- met a plethora of negative reaction that seized on the first lady's post about a luxurious recreational venue despite a lack of public sentiments about the ongoing global pandemic and rising number of American deaths. The backlash prompted Trump to make a rare statement in her defense.

"I encourage everyone who chooses to be negative (and) question my work at the ‪@WhiteHouse to take time and contribute something good (and) productive in their own communities," she tweeted.


The source familiar with the plans tells CNN the Rose Garden facelift was decided upon well before the pandemic, though the timing of the reveal comes as the country faces ongoing spread of the deadly disease. As positive reported cases of Covid-19 in the United States surpassed the 4 million mark last week, Trump again risks facing charges of "tone deafness" in the wake of her renovation announcement.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/melania-trump-rose-garden-renovation/index.html

"I think that the first lady should be aware that this could certainly look like another 'let them eat cake' moment," says Kate Andersen Brower, a CNN contributor and author of "Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump." "I think it's important for her to point out that this is a restoration that has nothing to do with the Trump administration, but about making sure that the White House is a pristine and beautiful home for any president who occupies it. But, yes, the timing could not be worse as the country is being ravaged by Covid and there is major economic and social upheaval." ............................

[Yeehah]

35. The slovenly Trump family is unfit to renovate a bordello

They should keep their filthy hands off our property!

[NCjack]

36. Erase the Kennedys. Confederate monuments are good, but DEM's culture contributions

must be erased. Expect Malaria's "I don't care -- do you" design to look cheap.

Another job for Pres. Biden -- restore it to the previous design.

[MuseRider]

55. He is a

petty little shit isn't he?

[NCjack]

60. Everything Trumpism (American Fascism) must be removed and the remaining

framework scrubbed with carbolic acid. I never what to hear this phrase: "I am reporting today from the lovely Rose Garden, redesigned in 2020 by former First Lady Melania Trump. President Biden is here today to ..."

[MuseRider]

64. That just

made me gag. With you 100% on this.

[sarcasmo]

37. Whore Garden?

[underpants]

58. I'm not laughing

That’s not funny so I’m not laughing. I’m not.

[jayschool2013]

43. Will the stripper pole

be solid gold?

[left-of-center2012]

45. To include a statue of Melania Trump

[B Stieg]

53. "And put up a parking lot..."

She and hubby can't manage much else!

[underpants]

57. This ⬆️

👍

[Fla Dem]

54. It's no big deal. It's upgrades to electrical and watering systems.

They're replacing a few bushes and trees. Probably for the most part needed repairs and renovations, but hey, let's give Melania the credit.

[RhodeIslandOne]

61. They'll probably put in a gold plated pool in the shape of Don's dong.

Only a kiddie pool though.

[trof]

62. Putting green? Casino?

[underpants]

69. If Trump finances this ("private donor")there's a real chance it could get "repo'ed" in a few months

THEY REPOSSESSED THE LAWN!!!

- Fun with Dick and Jane. Jim Carrey version.

[George II]

63. Just months before moving out? Is there nothing better to do with taxpayer money?

[Talitha]

67. Tear up the Rose Garden and whoops! No more COVID reports.

DonnieDipshit doesn't like being forced to read the scripts, so he probably said "Tear up the staging area and I won't be able to. Many people say it would be too dangerous to have them inside - there's a pandemic going on, you know. See what a caring person I am?"

That's my take on it.

[keithbvadu2]

70. Some chain link fence for the kiddies?

[turbinetree]

71. What are they going to try and convert it into a miniature play golf of Traitor World theme park

with card board cut out of US soldiers bounties with the Russian flag........and Putins face...............or COVID 19 state hot spots .....................

[area51]

74. Why do it now when she and Donnie are on their way out?

#DementiaDonnie

#LameDuckTrump

[bucolic_frolic]

75. I'm seeing tacky and disgusting

gold, marble, and lots of orange

[sarcasmo]

95. The Tacky Garden

[louis-t]

77. Be fucking best.

Useless people.

[Tikki]

78. Freshly turned turf...

To bury the bodies...now, now..figuratively I say.wink wink

Tikki

[beastie boy]

81. She probably has a contractor in mind already...

...who will generously contribute to Barron's college fund. This may be Melania's last chance to insure decent education for the poor darling at your expense.

[PSPS]

83. STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES!!!111! NOW THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTRY WAS WAITING FOR!!111!!

[RainCaster]

87. She knows about rose thorns, she deals with a little prick all the time

What else can I say?

[marble falls]

88. Leave the freaking Rose Garden, alone.

[Deb]

89. Who plants roses in this heat?

Lets hope she goes for a sweet little African Violet collection. Mine were a lovely distraction during our covid shutdown.

[cp]

90. Get your grubby grifter hands off our garden

Ploy to put Rose Garden out of commission for several weeks? Why?

[jcgoldie]

92. Look out roses!

She's hell on high heels with a gold shovel!

[whistler162]

93. Hmmmm......

[jcgoldie]

97. FIFY

[sarcasmo]

96. Whore Garden?

[Skittles]

98. she is so fucking worthless

UGH

[mahina]

102. Does it involve thousands of crosses?

[Cha]

103. Yeah.. that's just the fucking thing to do when Americans are Dying

because of the Treasonous BEAN Hawker's Criminal Negligence.

[LNM]

104. That will give Trump an excuse to not talk to the press

Presser need to be outdoors due to covid. Oops! Melania is busy in the garden, guess the shit-stain can't speak.