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Melania resisted Trump's White House overhaul only to end up 'very unhappy': commentators

Raw Story

June 20, 2026

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Melania resisted Trump's White House overhaul only to end up 'very unhappy': commentators

First Lady Melania Trump fought against Trump's overhaul of the White House and lost, according to commentators.During an episode of the Daily Beast Podcast, host Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty, the executive editor of The Daily Beast, went over more revelations in the book Regime Change, an account of the Trump White House by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.Last year, Trump paved over the Rose Garden. According to Dougherty, the book reveals that the First Lady's team relayed that she was very unhappy with the changes, and only secured a few compromises, like getting Trump to keep the rose bushes.It turns out he wanted to pave over the whole lot, Dougherty said, relaying details from the book. He wanted the roses gone as well.A similar scene unfolded with the demolition of the East Wing, which Trump tore down to make way for a ballroom. Trump's team knew that this was not going to make the First Lady happy, but it still went ahead, according to Dougherty.I think there's a lot to digest about their marriage, Dougherty said, adding that he has questions about what came back from the First Lady's team? Is that how they communicate? There's lots more to know.Coles and Dougherty also talked about details that came up in the book about Melania and Trump's separate bedrooms and descriptions of how White House staff have to clean up because he leaves discarded detritus from his fast food habit on the floor, Dougherty said.

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