US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had renovated the Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom, putting his latest stamp on the White House after demolishing the East Wing, paving over the Rose Garden and decorating the Oval Office in gold.
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Trump, who has drawn criticism from preservationists and Democrats for adding a Mar-a-Lago-style sheen to the historic mansion, unveiled the remodelled white-and-black-marbled bathroom via social media.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” Trump said in his post, which included photos of the bathroom before and after the renovation.
“I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble,” he said. “This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!”
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about whether the bathroom project had undergone any formal design or approval process.
Trump’s abrupt demolition of the East Wing this month to make way for a 8,360-square-metre (90,000-square-foot) ballroom has been criticised for not first going through a proper review.