The internet explodes: Trump’s White House Rose Garden overhaul facing serious backlash on social media

Now in his second spell in the White House, President Donald Trump has made a few big changes to the iconic building that look set to outlive his time in office.

One of them is the recent renovation to the Rose Garden, the outdoor space used for countless presidential events since its opening in 1913. in more than a century the ‘look’ has barely changed, but Trump has pushed ahead with a renovation that sees the neatly trimmed lawn replaced with white paving stones.

“We’re getting great reviews of the Rose Garden, and we had to do it,” Trump told reporters. “When we had a press conference, you’d sink into the mud. It was grass and it was very wet, always wet and damp and wet and if it rained it would take three, four, five days to dry out and we couldn’t use it really for the intended purpose.”

“It’s a beautiful white stone and it’s a stone that’s the same color as the White House itself,” he continued. “And because it’s very white it’s going to reflect the heat and it’s not going to be very hot. Yeah, we’ve got great reviews of the Rose Garden.”

However the reviews online have not been universally positive and some have questioned whether the change is for the better.

One social media user, with the account name Republicans against Trump, posted a picture of the new Rose Garden, saying: “This is the White House Rose Garden after Trump’s “overhaul.” Stripped, paved, lifeless."

Another, Harry Sisson, said: “The Rose Garden renovation by Trump is absolutely appalling. He removed a beautiful piece of the White House and replaced it with concrete crap."

One user on X said that the new style “echoes Trump: a cold concrete slab, stripping away 60 years of beauty for a Mar-a-Lago vibe."

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