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PBS News Hour - Segments

The White House’s iconic Rose Garden gets a makeover under Trump

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Trump is putting his mark on the White House in his second term, making changes to the building and its grounds. This week, he unveiled the “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Wing colonnade. Elsewhere, work has begun on a grand ballroom and the iconic Rose Garden has gotten a new look. Ali Rogin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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In his second term, President Trump is putting his mark on the White House, making changes

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to the building and its grounds.

0:32.1

Just this week, he unveiled the presidential walk of fame along the West Wing Colonnade.

0:36.9

It features portraits of each of the previous commanders in chief except for one.

0:42.2

In place of President Biden's portrait is a photo of an auto pen signing his name.

0:47.9

Elsewhere, work has begun on a grand ballroom, and even the iconic Rose Garden has gotten a new look.

0:53.8

Ali Rogan is back with that story.

0:56.9

I am officially declaring a national emergency.

1:00.3

It's hosted addresses to the nation in uncertain times.

1:04.5

Bill signings.

1:05.5

Family and medical leave is a matter of pure common sense.

1:10.4

Weddings. And this month month another history-making moment.

1:13.6

This is the rose garden. We never touched a rose. The roses are in full bloom.

1:19.6

A garden of roses by the same name and smelling just as sweet, but with many changes.

1:25.6

There's new patio furniture and umbrellas with bright yellow

1:29.3

accents, resembling President Trump's club in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. There's a newly laid slab

1:35.0

of concrete, and for the people's house, some members-only flare.

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