Trump Pushes Gold Seals on White House Ballroom, Fuelling Preservation Debate

President Trump plans to add gold-colored presidential seals to the exterior of the White House ballroom, a design element revealed in renderings released as part of an emergency Supreme Court filing to keep construction moving. The move follows federal commissions’ approval of the project earlier this year, even as critics say the process bypassed thorough historic-preservation review for the 90,000-square-foot addition, which is about 65% complete and notable for departing from the original neoclassical vision.