Trump reveals marble-covered Lincoln Bathroom as White House remodels move forward amid shutdown

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White House Lincoln Bathroom Renovation.

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First the Oval Office, past the East Wing — and now, the Lincoln Bedroom's bathroom.

President Donald Trump is plowing up with his inside-and-out remodel of the White House, and he's blessed to amusement disconnected the changes — adjacent arsenic critics slam him arsenic "tone deaf" for touting glitzy renovations during a costly government shutdown.

Trump connected Friday day shared 2 twelve photos of the recently refurbished bathroom, which is present covered from level to ceiling successful what the president described arsenic "black and achromatic polished Statuary marble."

Renovated Lincoln Bathroom successful the White House.

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"This was precise due for the clip of Abraham Lincoln and, successful fact, could beryllium the marble that was primitively there!" Trump wrote successful 1 of 7 Truth Social posts containing photos of the renovation.

The bath besides sports gold-colored fixtures and accents — including the bath and descend faucets, partition sconces and trash bin — arsenic good arsenic a crystal hanging chandelier, the photos show.

Trump told NBC News successful July that helium planned to update the bath of the historical Lincoln Bedroom successful a benignant that is truer to the epoch of the 16th president, who held bureau from 1861 until his assassination successful 1865.

The erstwhile decor, an creation deco greenish tile style, was "totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era," Trump wrote successful Friday's post.

The Lincoln Bathroom successful the White House earlier renovation.

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Trump's Democratic critics pounced connected the operation updates, slamming him for focusing connected the bath remodel portion a authorities shutdown, present successful its 31st day, threatens entree to important national services.

"Millions of radical are being kicked disconnected of nutrient assistance and millions can't spend wellness attraction anymore. But don't interest everyone! Trump got a caller bathroom," Democratic commentator Harry Sisson wrote successful an X post.

"So code deaf, retired of touch, and disgusting," Sisson wrote.

"We are successful a superior govt shutdown, but alternatively of negotiating, Trump posted respective pics of his WH bath remodel contiguous and present this," Ron Filipowski, exertion successful main of the anti-Trump media outlet MeidasTouch, wrote connected X.

Asked for a effect to those critiques, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told CNBC, "Democrats are much acrophobic with President Trump's historical beautification of the White House than they are for American citizens they are hurting due to the fact that of their reckless authorities shutdown."

In different Truth Social station Friday, Trump announced that helium had inspected operation taking spot astatine the Kennedy Center, where, months earlier, helium had fired respective committee members and installed himself arsenic chair.

"It is truly looking good!" helium wrote. "The exterior columns, which were successful superior information of corrosion if thing weren't done, are completed, and look magnificent successful White Enamel — Like a antithetic place!"

"Marble is being done, stages are being renovated, caller seats, caller chairs, and caller fabrics volition soon beryllium installed, and magnificent precocious extremity carpeting passim the building," Trump wrote

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