Posted on 04/14/2025 5:43:10 AM PDT by mairdie
Donald Trump the property developer is busting out of the political straitjacket to bling the Oval Office and reimagine the White House.
From planning a “beautiful, magnificent” new ballroom to paving over the Rose Garden to create a convivial, Mar-a-Lago-style terrace, the 45th and 47th president is determined to make his mark on the White House this time.
“It keeps my real estate juices flowing,” he told a reporter recently.
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On the curved walls, Trump has quadrupled the number of gilt-framed presidential portraits to 20, from Biden’s five, with Lincoln taking pride of place above the fireplace and Ronald Reagan prominently featured to the right of the Resolute Desk, where visitors will see it first.
Room will be made for a portrait of one of Trump’s favorite predecessors, William McKinley, when a suitable one can be found. The 25th US president, who served from 1897 to 1901, was the original “tariff guy” whom Trump has praised as a “natural businessman [who] made our country very rich through tariffs.”
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So would you change the name to the Rose Courtyard?
That could work. I’d be fine either way.
No, he was fond of his policies before any of that.
Chacun son goût.
I enjoy it, but then I also enjoy the Long Island Duckling School of Architecture. I was raised in Chicago by a mother who studied art so spent my childhood wandering downtown streets as mother pointed out architectural elements on very elaborate buildings. Love it all! But I can appreciate someone else’s different taste.
Seems gaudy and superfluous.
And timing is key.
I have 4 that I look back on very fondly, including the small one that was the start. It taught me the possibilities, thank you Jimmy Carter. I see land now and tell myself it’s someone else’s turn.
You’ve made me wonder what varieties of roses are in that garden. I became obsessed with Meilland Roses after reading a Smithsonian article on them decades ago.
And found the answer.
“roses have served as the primary flowering plants in the garden, including large numbers of ‘Queen Elizabeth’ grandiflora roses, along with the tea roses ‘Pascali’, ‘Pat Nixon’, and ‘King’s Ransom’. A shrub rose, ‘Nevada’, also served to add a cool note of white coloration to the landscaping.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Rose_Garden
Melania added the Pope John Paul II Rose in Trump’s first term.
A little surprising that they don’t have more red roses.
Fair point!
Yes, this may not be the time for enlarging the WH, given that we’re supposed to be trying to shrink the government.
Queen Elizabeth Rose
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=queen+elizabeth+rose
Absolutely beautiful. More subtle than a red one.
Briggs’ Roses - The Rose of Tralee - Nightnoise
https://youtu.be/PImQUXp-KpI
One of my early videos after getting a camera, where the nursery let me rearrange their pots after a rain. The song was one my mother would sing to me.
Everything except paving the Rose Garden. Please no. They don’t need a “convivial terrace” there. The Rose garden as is has been the site of historic gatherings and is in itself a beautiful place. We already have plenty of hard scape in DC.
In my town we have historic roses called the Smith & Moorpark variety. There’s beautiful garden 400 feet from my house where people have their weddings and/or wedding photo shoots. It’s part of a local vineyard owner’s property.
The pale moon was rising
Above the green mountain;
The sun was declining
Beneath the blue sea
When i strayed with my love
To the pure crystal fountain
That stands in the beautiful
Vale of Tralee.
She was lovely and fair
As the rose of the summer
Yet ‘twas not her beauty
Alone the won me
Oh, no! ‘twas the truth
In her eye ever dawning
That made me love Mary,
The rose of Tralee.
The cool shades of evening
Their mantle was spreading,
And Mary, all smiling,
Was listening to me,
The moon through the valley,
Her pale rays was shedding
When I won the heart
Of the rose of Tralee.
Though lovely and fair
As the rose of the summer
Yet ‘twas not her beauty
Alone that won me
Oh, no! ‘twas the truth
In her eye ever dawning
That made me love Mary,
The rose of Tralee
Lovely and less cliched. I just didn’t expect the apparent near avoidance of red.
I never promised you a rose garden.😏
Smith & Moorpark variety
https://www.amazon.com/Smith-Hawken-Roses-American-Garden/dp/076111341X
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Sorry, that’s the best I could find on them.
Thank you! I’m glad you said it first. I love the man, but his personal suites scream 1970s Vegas, with too much gold brushwork and lilt. The White House is simple marble and stone purity, adorned with historical antiques - and maybe a still outdated sofa in the Oval Office. However, I understand the recent landscaping idea was his and that was a smart update.
I found that on the net but I’m going to walk down to the sign at the rose garden and send you what that says in a couple of minutes because I think it’s different. Fun stuff.
Always wanted to do that song but never did.
Did do
Star Trek - White Rose - Melissa Manchester
https://youtu.be/zWwKub6RoFU
Cadfael - Love is a Rose - Linda Rondstadt
https://youtu.be/nSOhxXl-05k
Star Trek - The Rose - Bette Midler - Yeoman Rand
https://youtu.be/N6Ld9jqcLRk
“To Miss” (Roses) - By Henry Livingston 1791 - Dans Votre Lit
https://youtu.be/-6bjd4Y_9AM
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