But, says our design critic, a boring carpet, greige wallpaper and two giant eagles won’t make the White House great again. ‘A real dump,” is how Donald Trump is said to have described the White House he inherited from the Obama administration. Facebook Twitter Pinterest New treads … steps to the South Portico porch of the White House. The outside of the White House has been spruced up and stripped back too, given the same liberal dousing of bleach as the interior. But, so far at least, the Trumps have remained restrained – perhaps because they don’t spend much time living in the White House anyway.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2017 13:41 UTC