President-elect Donald Trump has captured
the White House, but he may have to wait a while to ensconce himself
inside the Oval Office.
Former George
W. Bush advisor Karl Rove said Wednesday that major security upgrades
are planned for the ceremonial office and seat of presidential power –
and that it could put the office out of commission for up to a year.
If
that occurs, he said, President Trump might have to spend up to a
quarter of his term working out of the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building across the street – where President Richard Nixon labored and
made some of his infamous White House recordings.
'My
understanding is that for the first year of his time in office,
President Trump will not have the Oval Office,' Rove told Fox News on
Wednesday.
DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE:
President-elect Donald Trump would have to relocate across the street if
renovations to beef up security in the Oval Office were to take place
'President
Obama could have told the Secret Service, “I know you want to modernize
the Oval Office with security enhancements – literally strip it down to
the bare walls and build it back up so we’ve got bullet proof glass and
so forth and so on, security arrangements in it, in my last year in
office,"' Rove said.
'But
Instead he said, "Why don’t you do that [with] whoever comes next so
the president of the United States, President Trump, my understanding
is, will spend most of his first year using Richard Nixon’s old office
in the Old Executive Office Building across executive drive and up the
Navy steps."
He
was referring to the renamed Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the
ornate building on the White House grounds that houses many top
government officials.
Trump,
a real estate mogul, is particularly attuned to the importance of
location, architecture, and all that it signifies. He repeatedly
stressed during the campaign that his new luxury hotel located in the
former Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C. was 'under-budget
and ahead of schedule.'
The building dominates the DC skyline, and is located on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.
RESOLUTE: President Obama worked out
of the Oval Office throughout his tenure, though President-elect Donald
Trump might not be so lucky
Obama administration employees stand
on a balcony of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in hopes of
catching a glimpse of President-Elect Donald Trump's arrival at the
White House November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC
COULD USE SOME WALL-TO-WALL: The Oval Office was renovated in 2001
Richard Nixon, seen here with Vice President Gerald Ford, used the Oval Office mainly for ceremonial purposes
AT LEAST THE APPLES ARE PORTABLE: Trump would have to vacate the office for up to a year during renovations
A worker refurbishes the Oval Office for President Kennedy's arrival
Trump currently is holding transition meetings from inside Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
A
Secret Service spokesman wouldn't comment on or confirm the existence
of any such renovation plans. 'That would have to come from the White
House staff,' Shawn Holtzclaw of the Secret Service told DailyMail.com.
The White House didn't immediately provide comment while President
Obama was overseas.
Back in 2013, around the time of a major construction project that occured on White House grounds, RealClearPolitics reported
on construction of a replica Oval Office to be housed inside the OEOB
during a planned two-year West Wing renovation. The report also
referenced a 'down-to-the-studs' overhaul.
The
article by Alexis Simendinger noted that Herbert Hoover had to endure
substantial repairs to the 1909-designed office following a 1929
electrical fire. President Nixon used the Oval Office for ceremonial
purposes. He made Room 180 inside the OEOB his working office, and used
it to record many of the Watergate tapes in the 1970s.
Obama
has called the Oval Office 'surprisingly comfortable.' Most critically,
he has remarked, working 'above the store' has allowed him to retain
some kind of normalcy in his family schedule. He regularly has dinner
with his family on the White House grounds at an early hour.
10 comments:
Well... Trump is a builder so he will most likely be involved with the remodeling. Also looks like Trump Tower may be the capitol for a year. Probably not going to hurt Trump's feelings.
Yeah right...They don't have the right to do that. Are all of you going to let them do that? Install Trump into office and initiate mass-protests with the militia.
PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED DAILY.
And why would Rove get a say, he's going behind bars for six months. All the damge they caused, pay up time. Do any of you have the guts to move Trump into the oval office by January...
I would of Figured-It would take About 2 years to get The Smell & Filth OUT ?
Like black mold... could take longer. Maybe a total replacement.
Sounds like they have to 'clean' out any and all evidence of what has been going on there for several decades now.... after all... the security has been fine for obama ??? But all of a sudden it needs to be updated and could take a year....something is wrong... getting rid of evidence is my guess... maybe closing some of the tunnels ??
SOMETHING DOES NOT SMELL RIGHT ABOUT THIS EXPLANATION. IF I WERE TRUMP I WOULD GET MY OWN GUYS IN THERE TO RE-DO THE OFFICE AND HE WILL BRING CLASS. GET RID OF THE FILTH THAT LINGERS AFTER JANUARY 20TH.
Perhaps they need to do an exorcism in the Oval Office. I'm glad Trump won't have to be subjected to the evil spirits in there.
Bar high tech intelligence the Oval Office requires complete de-vibration of complex evil thought-forms that have integrated / infiltrated / aggregated in its ethereal space-time and which are presently impacting negatively on the future of humanity. Other locations exist that profoundly interferes with the various operations of human consciousness and its experiences. These spaces must be reconquered and vested with the highest vibrations mankind is attributed with even if only in constant mind meditation. Discontinue caveats and pre-conditions. We are what we are. Wisdom to all.
In other words, Fumigate the whole place until all the roaches scurry out....
You don't say!
Don't put anything past Obastard- There is always an evil method to his sickening madness- He's doing this for a big reason, and I don't think it's to remodel- He's trying to keep Trump permanently out of the white house-And that isn't all......Possibly to 'bug' it...
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