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New gold-letter signs were spotted throughout the White House this week as President Donald Trump continues to renovate the building.
The golden letters are just the latest in a series of changes President Trump has made to the White House during the first year of his second administration.
Most recently, workers began demolishing the east wing of the White House. The construction is part of President Trump’s plan to build a ballroom on the east side of the White House, one of the most important projects at the historic mansion in decades.
As images of the new letters circulated on social media, Democratic lawmakers, including Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt and Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman Malcolm Kenyatta, criticized the timing of the installation as the government shutdown stretches into historic territory.
“I hope they focus on helping Americans who are struggling, but this is not a good sign,” Blunt said.
White House press secretary Davis Engle defended the installation, calling it “glorification.”
“Democrats are more concerned about President Trump’s historic glorification of the White House than they are about the American people who are being hurt by a reckless government shutdown,” Ingle said. “President Trump works 24/7 for the American people, while also making the White House more beautiful.”
Ingle said the installation was done “at no cost to the taxpayer.”
See photos of gold letters
Photos show gold lettering on the White House’s western colonnade and outside the Oval Office.
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