Trump’s Press Secretary Has Thoughts on His Bathroom Remodel: ‘When I First Learned a Toilet Like That Existed…’

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt weighed in on President Donald Trump’s Lincoln Bathroom renovations, writing, “When I first learned a toilet like that existed inside the White House, I was horrified.”

Trump announced the renovations in a Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, writing that the bathroom was “renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era” and that he “did it in black and white polished Statuary marble… very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln.”

Responding to the president’s message, which includes before-and-after pictures, Leavitt wrote, “When I first learned a toilet like that existed inside the White House, I was horrified. President Trump is making the People’s House more elegant and beautiful for generations of Americans to come!”

The Lincoln Bathroom renovations come as Trump has already demolished the entire East Wing to make room for a privately funded ballroom. Details, however, on the identity of the donors remain unclear. The move has drawn criticism from preservationists and lawmakers alike, who contend the scope and speed of demolition sidestep traditional review processes.

Trump has promised it will be “probably the finest ballroom ever built.”

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