Hey, remember how earlier this summer First Lady Melania Trump had the White House Rose Garden ripped up and redone to reflect its original pre-Civil Rights Act design? Well, the garden is now dying.
Less than three weeks after its official unveiling, the garden is experiencing “issues with water drainage” and “some minor complications with updated construction,” a source tells CNN.
Melania destroying the Rose Garden #WasntOnMy2020BingoCard pic.twitter.com/U8in2MoyaE
— Dan Gerous, Inc.?? (@Anythingpork) September 4, 2020
The grass is also dying after it was damaged by events from the Republican National Convention so new sod needs to be laid down.
CNN reports:
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Hundreds of guests were seated on the South Lawn during the convention, and a large tent was also erected. Additionally, a stage and lighting apparatus were built specifically for President Donald Trump to use the White House as the backdrop for his convention speech.
Expenses for the repairs have not been revealed; however, a White House spokesman says they will come “at no cost to taxpayers.” Instead, the tab is being picked up by Trump’s reelection campaign.
The White House has not said when the Rose Garden will be repaired, but with summer ending and fall approaching, it may not be until next spring.
This is what Melanie gets for chopping up Jackie Kennedys Rose Garden #MelaniaTapes pic.twitter.com/iuQXz3WJod
— Dawn and Kevin (@DawnandKevin1) September 2, 2020
Melania’s garden renovation also involved ripping out 10 perfectly healthy crabapple trees. The White House initially said the trees would be replanted somewhere else, though it has not said where or when that will be.
Related: Melania announces plans to “preserve history” by ripping up White House Rose Garden
HankHarris
Everything that trash family touches dies.
woodroad34
Not to mention that the article talks about damage by the Republican Convention to the freshly planted sod….death on the heels of Trumpism.
Cam
The media also is giving Melania a pass on tearing out the rose bushes that multiple other first ladies had planted.
Then when they got backlash about tearing out the crab apple trees they lied and claimed they’d been replanted.
She should have to pay for the garden to be restored out of her pre-nup money.
Liquid Silver
Not to mention that the re-design was as ugly and colorless as she is.
Martin Spikes
Yes it was ugly and colorless like your mother and father. What the hell does politics have to do with this.
Cam
@Martin Spikes
On another thread you said that LGBTQ people were demons. So the fact that a bigot is defending Melania tells us all we need to know.
Jon in Canada
The adage “Everything a Trump Touches Dies” made manifest.
Also, it was a fugly design anyway. Hopefully, Jill Biden will fix it.
barryaksarben
The work must have been done by a TRUMP company
WSnyder
Who did the planning, Jared? This is the White House, you don’t do major renovations willy-nilly. You plan it down for everything. But you know what? They decided to do this at the last possible moment just for the RNC Convention since Trump needed a venue that he could pack a crowd into and not get interference from any Governor or Mayor. So they uprooted YEARS of WH tradition and Legacy touches made by other President’s and First Ladies and with half ass planning and dubious workmanship, they end up with a Photo-op prop that’s now dying. Don’t believe for a second that the American Tax Payer isn’t footing the bill. I think the only people who will be happier when the Trumps leave the White House than every Biden voter will be the WH Domestic Staff.
woodroad34
“The grass is also dying after it was damaged by events from the Republican National Convention so new sod needs to be laid down” Yep, Republican Death Panels at work…they haven’t finished with people and Covid, now they’re going after harmless grass and roses. Sodding Trumps.
Essie
“Instead, the tab is being picked up by Trump’s reelection campaign.”
I thought his campaign was out of money.
MISTERJETT
dying just like her husbands presidency.
Martin Spikes
And your braincells
inorez
Repairs can’t be done until the Spring, so it’ll be another thing he gets away with leaving the bill unpaid- although I wouldn’t mind having Jill Biden put everthing right in April, even if comes from our taxes.
Cam
The Trump family should have to pay out of pocket to repair what they did to the White House.
BaltoSteve
And here I thought they were going to say Mexico was going to pay for the repairs.