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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Trump Defends White House Renovations, Cites Structural Issues

Former President Donald Trump asserted that renovations to the White House were necessary to address dangerous structural problems, describing the building as a "disgraceful dump."

US Politics • 2 hours ago
Trump Defends White House Renovations, Cites Structural Issues

Former President Donald Trump has defended his extensive renovations of the White House, stating in a recent interview that the building was in a dangerous condition when he took office.

"It was just a disgraceful dump. The doors were falling off. The locks were broken. And I said, ‘I got to fix it.’ And I do that better than anybody else,"


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