Earlier this month, contractors completed the work President Donald Trump had requested on the Rose Garden, just outside the Oval Office.
The grassy center was replaced with beautiful limestone pavers, to make it easier to hold events there, while still retaining all the landscaping and flowers around it.
Everything was great, until the president, previously a successful builder before he entered politics, discovered a major flaw. And thanks to surveillance cameras, Trump has discovered who is responsible.
He explained the fiasco in a Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, along with a video of the surveillance footage so everyone can see for themselves what happened.
Trump wrote:
I used, at the White House, the most beautiful marble and stone available anywhere. Surfaces are very important to me as a Builder. As everyone knows, I built many GREAT Buildings, and other things, over the years.
At the White House, I am very proud of the beautiful stonework we did in the Rose Garden, in this case, using limestone plus. The Rose Garden is completed, and far more beautiful than anyone ever had in mind when it was conceived of, decades ago.
Three days ago, while admiring the stonework, I happened to notice a huge gash in the limestone that extended more than 25 yards long. It was deep and nasty! I started yelling, “Who did this, and I want to find out now!” — And I didn’t say this in a nice manner. I wondered, “Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?”
Lo and behold, because of the fact that we’ve installed the finest security equipment anywhere, they brought back the stupid people, with their boss watching (in sunglasses!). It was a subcontractor that was installing heavy landscaping on a steel cart that was broken and tilting badly, with it rubbing hard against the soft, beautiful stone.
I love and respect great workers and contractors, but something like this should never happen. Now, I’ll replace the stone, charge the contractor, and never let that contractor work at the White House again — But, how great is the video equipment? We caught them, cold. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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