How do presidents pay for White House renovations, furnishings and other expenses?
Pres. Trump is building a big beautiful ballroom for the White House. And you will note from this interview, the need for additional space in the executive mansion is not at all new. Many presidents have asked for it.
🚩In this interview:
►Who manages the White House?
►Who funds White House maintenance and projects?
►Why did some presidents sell White House furniture, furnishing & tableware?
►Why does the White House have eclectic styles?
►What was Mary Todd Lincoln's for future First Ladies?
►What was Jacqueline Kennedy's contributions to the White House?
►Which president embarked on the biggest 20th century renovation and why?
►How was White House security in the old days?
►Why was the Oval Office moved?
►How did TR and FDR change the White House?
►Does the White House have hidden passages?
►What are some major White House changes that Congress rejected?
►What are some unpopular White House changed that we have come to love?
🚩About My 187th Guest Scholars:
Dr. Matthew Costello is the Chief Education Officer of the White House Historical Association, where he is Chair in White House History and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History.
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