WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation designating the Oval Office and two neighboring rooms as a national monument, a move he said would protect the spaces from future changes. The proclamation's text, however, leaves future presidents free to redecorate.

The proclamation designates the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as a national monument and federal landmark, a move intended to preserve the spaces and prevent future administrations from altering them.

The signing came two days after a major political setback. It was Trump's first official action after his party was swept aside in Tuesday's midterm elections.

'A landmark for the ages'

Trump described the move in sweeping terms during a ceremony in the Oval Office. "It won't be able to be taken down, destroyed, touched or anything else," Trump told reporters.

He said the document would "make them into a landmark for the ages." Trump said the designation would make the rooms "impossible to knock down and change in any meaningful way."

"It will make it impossible for anybody........

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