Trump Spills on What He and Melania Did on First Night in the White House
He described the experience as surreal.
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President Donald Trump shared an anecdote about the first night he and first lady Melania Trump spent in the White House. “To me, there’s nothing like the White House. After I won, the first night, I went up and I’m standing in the residential hallway with Melania and we’re looking into the Lincoln Bedroom,” Trump told attendees at a Wednesday night White House dinner for his billionaire supporters. “I say, ‘That was a surreal experience.’ I’m saying, ‘Do you believe this? We’re in the White House and that’s the Lincoln bedroom!’” He continued, “It takes a while to get [used to it]... I’m still not, probably, used to it. It’s just a special place, what can I say.” The president used the dinner as an opportunity to discuss his renovations to the White House, which include the $200 million ballroom that the event’s billionaire attendees were helping to fund, and his plans to build a triumphal arch across from the Lincoln Memorial. He has also renovated the rose garden, paving over the grass and adding patio furniture, and added a ‘Presidential Hall of Fame’ along the west colonnade.
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