唐纳德·特朗普总统已经在许多方面给白宫留下了印记——包括大规模的舞厅建设项目和他在白宫西翼增加的几个金色装饰。
在中期选举失败后，特朗普周四签署了一项声明，旨在防止未来的总统对椭圆形办公室和内阁办公室做出重大改变。
“我们在这个办公室取得了巨大的胜利，”特朗普说。“所以我们要把它变成一座国家纪念碑，不允许任何人碰它，破坏它，被愚蠢的人拆掉，来建造一个稍微不同形状的东西。”
该公告将椭圆形办公室、外部椭圆形办公室和内阁办公室指定为国家纪念碑，特朗普表示，这将使它们“不可能以任何有意义的方式拆除和改变。”
特朗普表示，作为总统及其高级顾问会议室的内阁室内部与以前“几乎一样”，但他也表示，它已经“大幅升级”，他增加了新的吊灯。
特朗普还表示，“未经国会批准”，内阁办公室或椭圆形办公室将不会进行“重大修改”。
总统表示，他签署的宣布这些房间为国家古迹的公告必须送交国会批准。
“所以我们将宣布它为国家纪念碑，我们将把它送交国会，让它获得批准，”他说。
一名记者问，未来的总统是否可以移除总统挂在椭圆形办公室的金色口音，特朗普表示，未来的领导人可以，但“非常小心”。
2025年10月，特朗普本人对白宫进行了重大结构性改革，在几乎没有通知或监督的情况下拆除了东翼，作为建设白宫舞厅计划的一部分。
从那以后，建设一直在继续，彻底改变了白宫的地面。周三，特朗普在共和党中期选举失败后首次公开发表讲话，他邀请记者到施工现场见证最后一根横梁的升起，以此宣扬舞厅项目。
在周三的活动中，特朗普承认了他因专注于白宫项目而受到的批评。
“你知道，当我受到批评时，比如，‘你为什么在白宫工作？’我这么做是因为白宫是美国的终极象征，它必须保持原样，”特朗普说。
Trump moves to make Oval Office a national monument aiming to prevent future major changes
President Donald Trump has made his mark on the White House in many ways -- including the massive ballroom construction project and the several gold touches he＇s added throughout the West Wing．
Fresh off a midterm election defeat， Trump signed a proclamation Thursday aiming to prevent future presidents from making major changes to the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room．
＂We＇ve had tremendous victory in this office，＂ Trump said． ＂So we＇re making it a national monument， and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody， destroyed， ripped down by stupid people， in order to build something in a slightly different shape．＂
The proclamation designates the Oval Office， the outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as a national monument， which Trump said will make them ＂impossible to knock down and change in any meaningful way．＂
Trump said the interior of the Cabinet Room， which serves as a meeting room for the president and his top advisers， is ＂pretty much the same＂ as before， but he also said it has been ＂substantially upgraded＂ and that he added new chandeliers．
Trump also said ＂no major modification＂ will take place to the Cabinet Room or Oval Office ＂without the approval of Congress．＂
The president indicated that the proclamation he signed declaring the rooms national monuments would have to be sent to Congress to be ratified．
＂So we＇re going to be declaring it a national monument， and we＇re going to send it over to Congress， have it ratified，＂ he said．
Asked by a reporter asked whether a future president could remove the gold accents that the president has hung in the Oval Office， Trump indicated that a future leader could， but ＂very carefully．＂
In October 2025， Trump himself made major structural changes to the White House， tearing down the East Wing with little notice or oversight， as part of the plan to build the White House ballroom．
Construction has continued since then， drastically changing the White House grounds． On Wednesday， speaking publicly for the first time following the GOP＇s midterm losses， Trump touted the ballroom project as he invited reporters to the construction site to witness the raising of the final beam．
At the Wednesday event， Trump acknowledged the criticism he has received for focusing his attention on the White House projects．
＂And you know， when I get criticized， like， ＇Why are you working on the White House？＇ I＇m doing it because the White House is the ultimate symbol of America， and it＇s got to be pristine，＂ Trump said．
