Ominous New Scaffolding Goes Up at Trump White House

[riversedge]

Is it only to repaint the columns---or to replace them???
Stay tuned.

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Ominous New Scaffolding Goes Up at Trump White House
Workers set up scaffolding at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2026.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ominous-scaffolding-goes-trump-white-230826544.html

Sarah Ewall-Wice Tue, June 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM CDT

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Earlier this month, workers could be spotted conducting maintenance on the exterior of the North Portico, but Tuesday's scaffolding was going up on a much larger scale.

The North Portico features 200-year-old columns in the Ionic style around the main entrance to the White House.

Last month, Trump complained that the columns at the White House were "falling down" and claimed the plaster was "falling off." He went so far as to describe it as a "s--t house" but insisted he was making the necessary repairs.

While the construction set to take place at the North Portico was described as standard restoration, the president has been vocal about his preference for more ornate Corinthian-style pillars.............................

Ominous New Scaffolding Goes Up at Trump White House

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Workers set up scaffolding at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2026. / Evan Vucci/Reuters

[RockCreek]

1. What is the role of historical societies in preventing or enabling these desecrations?

[Bettie]

3. I think he replaced all the people on that board with

sycophants, so no help there.

[RockCreek]

7. ugggh.

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Who ever would have thought about that other than a narcissistic failed real estate developer.
He must have revelled in it.

[Retrograde]

17. What is the role of Congress?

They have oversight when it comes to DC - I would think meddling with national monuments needs to be approved by them

[Bettie]

2. There will be an 'accident' and he'll

declare he has to tear the whole place down and build a golden tower there....because he's whatever the fuck he is.

I use that word a lot more these days, probably because the world is falling apart and no one with power to stop it seems interested in doing so.

[malaise]

4. Don't we all

Absolute madness

[kentuck]

5. Tear it down!

Nobody will do anything about it.

[Blumancru]

6. Goodbye columns

And hello tasteless gilded columns.
No one is willing or able to stop him.

[a kennedy]

24. Yup....that's what's happening....he hates those columns. FAWKING ASSHOLE!!!!!!

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Torchlight]

8. To be replaced with gold-leaf chain-link fence.

Because... he's a classy guy and all that.

[City Lights]

18. LOL. nt

[RockCreek]

9. Is he going to put up another tarp? Or trying to distact from the other one?

I have to ridicule and laugh as a way to deal with a toddler as US near-dictator.

[Ritabert]

10. He wanted to replace the Ionic columns with the more ornate Corinthian ones

Corinthians columns are too busy for my taste. Another waste of money.

[maveric]

11. I hope he doesn't paint them Red, White and Blue.

Or gold.

[struggle4progress]

12. The Trump vandalism team is at work again

[Deuxcents]

13. Headline says Trump White House. It's OUR White House..he's on a lease for 4 years and destroying property

[3catwoman3]

14. If it's a shithouse, it's because of who is living in it now.

[sheshe2]

15. A quick peak at the NEW COLUMNS!

[Talitha]

21. Yep, that's tacky enough for him to like.

Hope he doesn't see this, it might give him new ideas.

[sheshe2]

22. IKR!

[C_U_L8R]

16. Enshittification... by Trump.

Whatever it is… it will be tacky, inappropriate, absurdly expensive and linked to some shady scheme.

[Emrys]

19. Wake me up when there's a gibbet on top n/t

[dalton99a]

20. "But the president is paying for it with his own money"

[TommyT139]

23. What did they do with the letters removed from the Kennedy Center???