Scaffolding Remains at White House As Trump Posts Photo of Ornate Columns
Source: Newsweek
Scaffolding has appeared around several columns on the White House's North Portico, prompting a fresh wave of speculation about whether President Donald Trump could be preparing another change to the executive mansion as his administration continues an extensive makeover of both the White House complex and wider Washington, D.C. landmarks.
Images shared on social media over the July 4 weekend showed workers standing on scaffolding erected around the White House's iconic white columns. One widely circulated post claimed Trump was planning to replace the columns entirely, fueling renewed debate over the future appearance of one of the nation's most recognizable buildings.
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Questions about the columns have been circulating for months following comments from Rodney Mims Cook Jr., chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, who suggested replacing the North Portico's existing Ionic columns with more ornate Corinthian columns.
"Corinthian is the highest order [of column], and that's what our other two branches of government have," Cook told The Washington Post. "Why the White House didn't originally use them, at least on the north front, which is considered the front door, is beyond me."
The proposal immediately drew criticism from architects and historic preservation advocates, who argued that altering the column style would fundamentally change the building's appearance and historic character.
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Call your Senators and Congress Critters the White House is not Trump’s property and he has to
stop fucking it up.
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He knows more about architecture and building then Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,*
the designer of Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden and Jackie’s other White House Garden (east wing),
Rachel Mellon, and the man who oversaw the construction of Jackie’s Gardens who went onto be
the head of The Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
* The East Wing
Hand Split Granite Cobbles at the door to the East Wing that Trump had removed and used as
filler material on D.C. golf courses.
There's so much bad juju going on in that house that there is not enough sage on the planet to smudge it all out and we'll probably have to burn it down ourselves just to rid the world of the evil that goes on there now.
Then we can rebuild it properly.
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I hope it's just maintenance.
