{"id":39345,"date":"2017-08-08T04:57:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T04:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39345"},"modified":"2017-08-09T04:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T04:43:10","slug":"white-house-goes-under-renovation-during-president-trumps-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/white-house-goes-under-renovation-during-president-trumps-vacation.html","title":{"rendered":"White House goes under renovation during President Trump&#8217;s vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">White House goes under renovation during President Trump&#8217;s vacation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">When the president is away, the renovators come to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The West Wing is undergoing renovation over the next couple weeks, while President Trump vacations in Bedminster, N.J..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">On the list of repairs: the replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, as well as restoration of the South Portico&#8217;s steps and repairs to the Navy mess kitchen and the lower lobby, Trump spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told reporters last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">As the renovations take place, the staff has been moved to the nearby executive building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think any of you would like to be in the West Wing on an August D.C. summer day when it&#8217;s over 100 degrees with no air conditioning,&#8221; Walters said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Last week, a report from Golf magazine surfaced saying that the president had said &#8220;&#8221;that White House is a real dump.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The president later said this was &#8220;fake news,&#8221; though Golf has stood by its story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The installation of a new HVAC system was originally slated for 2014, The New York Times reported. But when the General Service Administration didn&#8217;t deliver an installation plan until spring 2016, the Obama White House decided to punt construction to the next administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2017\/08\/07\/white-house-under-renovation-during-trump-vacation\/545351001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/white-house-goes-under-renovation-during-president-trumps-vacation.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House goes under renovation during President Trump&#8217;s vacation When the president is away, the renovators come to play. The West Wing is undergoing renovation over the next couple weeks, while President Trump vacations in Bedminster, N.J.. 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