In an essay, published Oct. 8 as part of the “In Pursuit” project celebrating America’s 250th anniversary Michelle Obama took a thinly veiled swipe at President Donald Trump’s extensive White House renovations in an essay praising Jacqueline Kennedy’s approach to preserving the historic building. President George Washington selected the site in 1791 and construction began in 1792.. So.. Mooshie was unaware that there was no White House in 1791 and that Washington began it’s construction two years into his presidency.
She was described as: “a brooding, “unrecognised force” in the White House, a new book claims; “in frequent conflict with her husband’s aides and quick to impose her disapproving views on the presidential staff alythough she had a basketball cort built on the South Lawn.
In the book: “The Obamas” she is described as: “a brooding, “unrecognised force” in the White House; in frequent conflict with her husband’s aides and quick to impose her disapproving views on the presidential staff. Michelle apparently told Carla Bruni-Sarkozy that living in the White House was hell.
Since the time of George Washington America has grown and many White House functions were handled by erecting tents to handle large gatherings. Someone built The White House. Someone constructed The Rose Garden. The British set fire to it in 1812. Theodore Roosevely re-designed the residence, removing victorian additions and constructing the original West Wing. Harry Truman gutted and replaced the decayed interior and President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the East Wing and added a second story and an underground bunker. Donald Trump demolished the East Wing to construct a large and much needed privately funded, 90,000-square-foot classical state ballroom; paved over the Rose Garden lawn into a stone patio; added 24-karat gold embellishments and presidential portraits to the Oval Office, installed a South Lawn flag and built a granite helipad.
There have been numerous other changes to the White House over the years. As technology advanced, new means of heating, plumbing, lighting, and cooling were installed at the White House. Since the last major renovation by Harry S. Truman, every president and first lady has made changes inside the White House but in very different ways. Some have renovated or refurbished rooms—for example, the Blue Room underwent renovations by Jacqueline Kennedy, Thelma “Pat” Nixon, and Hillary Clinton. Some have added artwork, portraiture, and furniture to the White House Collection—for example, Mamie Eisenhower accepted a gift of 1,575 pieces of vermeil; Michelle Obama secured Alma Thomas’ painting Resurrection, 
the first work of an African-American woman in the collection; and Melania Trump acquired Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture Floor Frame for the White House Rose Garden, a sort of statue that looks like a few of the pieces from the destruction of The Twin Towers destroyed on 9/11/2001. Others have supported exterior projects on the White House Grounds—for example, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson oversaw the redesign of the East Garden and the creation of the Children’s Garden; Gerald R. Ford ordered an outdoor swimming pool to be built; and Michelle Obama created the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn.
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