Trump's White House remodel now includes marble-and-gold Lincoln Bathroom

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Oct 31, 2025

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President Donald Trump’s efforts to remodel the White House in his image continued on Friday with the unveiling of a shiny new Lincoln Bathroom.

The president’s social media accounts shared photos of the renovated restroom in the Lincoln Bedroom — and true to form, the makeover leans heavily on marble and gold, reflecting the aesthetics of his hotels in the private sector.

Trump boasted of the update, declaring that the once-modest, green-and-white bathroom was “totally inappropriate.”

“It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era,” he wrote on Truth Social. “I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!”

Numerous photos showing the glitzy new bathroom feature a gold shower head and matching faucets against swirling white-and-gray walls and floors.

One image focusing on a toilet in front of a window shows construction crews on the White House grounds as they work to build a garish $300-million ballroom where the East Wing stood for more than 120 years until it was demolished last week.

The Lincoln Bedroom was posthumously named after the 16th president in 1945, according to the White House Historical Association. Since it’s not designated a State or other official room, funding for its decoration and furnishing falls “outside the purview of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, which was created in 1964 to advise on the maintenance of the museum character of the State Rooms.”

Trump also said Friday that construction crews were working on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which will soon be more shiny as well.

“It is really looking good! The exterior columns, which were in serious danger of corrosion if something (wasn’t) done, are completed, and look magnificent in white enamel — Like a different place!” Trump posted.

Claiming the nation’s most storied cultural institution “was dead as a doornail,” he said the “marble is being done, stages are being renovated” and new seats, fabrics and carpeting will soon be installed, making the building “beautiful again!”

An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll published Thursday found that 56% of Americans oppose the president’s renovations of the White House. That includes the 45% of respondents who are “strongly” against the demolition of the East Wing to make way for the ballroom.

The pricey renovations are taking place as the federal government is a month into a shutdown over funding disputes — and as 42 million Americans are at risk of losing their food stamp benefits as a result.

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