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As with most houses, the White House is decorated and renovated to suit the tastes and needs of new occupants. Such changes are usually made without much complaint or controversy.

Not so with the second Trump administration. The renovations have been considerably more dramatic than usual, and the criticisms — both aesthetic and political — more severe.

The Rose Garden was paved over to resemble the patio at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s Florida resort. Huge flag poles were erected on the North and South Lawns. A “tacky” Oval Office has been festooned with gilded picture frames, “Rococo mirrors,” moldings and cherubs that resemble (in the estimation of one critic) Cadbury bunnies.

And last, but certainly not least, is Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom to be built off the East Wing (the White House is 55,000 square feet) and designed to suit the president’s penchant for “

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