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Gold lettering appears at White House in Trump’s latest alteration. See photos.
New gold-lettered signs were spotted across the White House this week as President Donald Trump continues to make alterations to the building.
The gold lettering is just the latest in a long line of changes Trump has made to the White House in the first year of his second administration.
Most recently, crews began demolishing the East Wing of the White House. The construction is part of Trump’s plan to build a ballroom on the eastern side of the White House and is one of the most significant projects in the historic house in decades.
As images of the new lettering circulated on social media, Democrats like Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Malcolm Kenyatta criticized the timing of the installation, which came as the government shutdown continued into historic territory.
“I wish they would focus on helping struggling Americans, but this isn’t a good sign,” Blunt said.
White House spokesman Davis Ingle defended the installation of the lettering, calling it a “beautification.”
“Democrats are more concerned with President Trump’s historic beautification of the White House than they are for American citizens they are hurting because of their reckless government shutdown,” Ingle said. “President Trump is working 24/7 on behalf of the American people and simultaneously making the White House even more beautiful.”
Ingle said the installations were made “at no expense to the taxpayer.”
See photos of the gold lettering
Photos show gold lettering installed at the White House’s West Wing Colonnade, as well as outside the Oval Office.
Signage reading “The Oval Office” is displayed next to an entrance to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2025.
Gold text that reads “The Oval Office” is visible on the wall outside the Oval Office before U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One at the White House on Nov. 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Miami, Florida to speak at the America Business Forum.
Work continues for the Presidential Walk of Fame at the West Colonnade of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22, 2025.
View of a newly-installed gold-trimmed mirror in the West Wing colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2025.
Framed portraits of U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama flank an image of former U.S. President Joe Biden’s signature and an autopen along “The Presidential Walk of Fame” on the wall of the colonnade outside of the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump has accused the previous administration of forging Biden’s signature with an autopen due to “cognitive decline.”
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