President Donald Trump’s love of surfaces (marble and stone particularly) could have opened a brand new profession path for him: detective-in-chief.
Trump introduced that he had efficiently solved a White Home whodunit involving “limestone plus” that was just lately put in within the Rose Backyard in Reality Social post on Aug. 30.
“Three days in the past, whereas admiring the stonework, I occurred to note an enormous gash within the limestone that prolonged greater than 25 yards lengthy. It was deep and nasty!,” he wrote. “I began yelling, “Who did this, and I wish to discover out now!” — And I didn’t say this in a pleasant method. I puzzled, “Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?”
However fortunately for Trump, the White Home, with its “best safety gear anyplace” was capable of establish the obvious culprits by video footage.
“They introduced again the silly folks, with their boss watching (in sun shades!),” wrote Trump.
The subcontractor, Trump mentioned, was utilizing a metal cart that was “damaged and titling badly, with it rubbing laborious towards the delicate, stunning stone.”
The subsequent plan of action?
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures from the roof of the West Wing of the White Home as he takes a tour on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has undertaken a number of renovation initiatives on the White Home to incorporate the development of a concrete patio on the Rose Backyard.
Trump mentioned he’ll “change the stone, cost the contractor, and by no means let that contractor work on the White Home once more.”
“Surfaces are crucial to me as a Builder,” he wrote.
The Rose Backyard renovation, which concerned ripping up sod and changing it with a stone, had been happening all summer season. The undertaking had been accomplished when Trump seen the “gash” within the stone. The White Home didn’t instantly reply to when the redo could be accomplished. Trump beforehand mentioned he got here up with the thought for the brand new floor after watching girls’s heels getting caught within the mud.
Trump’s been on a redecorating and transforming binge in and across the White Home – from a golden overhaul of the Oval Workplace to tearing up the sod within the Rose Backyard to pave it over with white stone. He’s additionally planning on including a 90,000-square-foot ballroom within the East Wing.
No phrase on whether or not the crime fixing spree was what saved the president out-of-public view from Tuesday − when he presided over a three-hour marathon Cupboard assembly − to Saturday when he lastly emerged to play golf.
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White Home Correspondent for USA TODAY. You’ll be able to observe her on X @SwapnaVenugopal
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