{"id":53496,"date":"2025-10-29T02:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-fires-board-that-oversees-d-c-construction-projects-as-he-plans-major-changes-to-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:02:30","slug":"trump-fires-board-that-oversees-d-c-construction-projects-as-he-plans-major-changes-to-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-fires-board-that-oversees-d-c-construction-projects-as-he-plans-major-changes-to-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires board that oversees D.C. construction projects, as he plans major changes to White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump on Tuesday fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in Washington, D.C., CBS News has confirmed, as the president plans a slate of major building projects in the capital city \u2014 including a massive White House ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are preparing to appoint a new slate of members to the commission that are more aligned with President Trump&#8217;s America First Policies,&#8221; a White House official told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission of Fine Arts had six members, all of whom were appointed during former President Joe Biden&#8217;s term. Their ouster is not without precedent: The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa.gov\/about-cfa\/news\/four-members-appointed-commission-fine-arts-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">replaced at<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/biden-removes-trump-appointees\/2021\/02\/10\/6b449a90-6ba9-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">least six<\/a> members of the commission who were named during Mr. Trump&#8217;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>The firings come as Mr. Trump seeks to put his stamp on D.C., with plans to replace the White House&#8217;s East Wing with a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/donald-trump-white-house-ballroom-renderings-construction-details\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">90,000-square-foot ballroom<\/a><\/span> and build a gigantic triumphal arch across the river from D.C. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/08\/making-federal-architecture-beautiful-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed an executive order<\/a> in August titled &#8220;Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again,&#8221; which called for classical architecture modeled on ancient Greece and Rome to be the default style for D.C.-area buildings moving forward.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/16\/57a676ab-6e7c-42cc-9a72-3109108eccce\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a2d6c46100a10f53f989cfefdde24feb\/trumparch.jpg#\" alt=\"President Trump Hosts Fundraising Dinner At The White House \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/16\/57a676ab-6e7c-42cc-9a72-3109108eccce\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a2d6c46100a10f53f989cfefdde24feb\/trumparch.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/16\/57a676ab-6e7c-42cc-9a72-3109108eccce\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/55745968eb42d30870b6f05def88c0d4\/trumparch.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">President Donald Trump holds a model of an arch as he delivers remarks during a ballroom fundraising dinner in the East Room of the White House on October 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Kevin Dietsch \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Commission of Fine Arts is one of several boards that reviews, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa.gov\/project-review\/government\/government-project-faqs#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">provides comments on<\/a> and approves construction in the capital, along with the National Capital Planning Commission. Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpc.gov\/about\/commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">picked<\/a> three new members of the latter commission in July, including Chair William Scharf, a White House aide.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear whether the White House intends to submit its ballroom plans to the Commission of Fine Arts, which has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/arts-commission-oks-plan-for-higher-white-house-fence\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">overseen<\/a><\/span> some prior White House projects. A White House official told CBS News last week that the plans <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/demolish-white-house-east-wing-ballroom-trump-cost\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">will be submitted<\/a><\/span> to the National Capital Planning Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s construction kick has drawn a polarizing response. The sudden decision to demolish the East Wing last week \u2014 despite Mr. Trump&#8217;s earlier claim that the ballroom project would not touch the existing building \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-democrats-request-trump-ballroom-details\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has faced criticism<\/a><\/span>, and some historic preservation groups have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/historic-preservation-group-ballroom-white-house\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">urged the Trump administration<\/a><\/span> to go through the normal approval process for the ballroom project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This project represents one of the most substantial alterations to the White House in modern history,&#8221; Democratic Reps. Jared Huffman, Robert Garcia and Yassamin Ansari said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/democrats-oversight.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2025-10-23-hga-ballroom-construction-white-houserhxvxvutu58xtd726w0se9d5uvbd8t.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">letter to the president<\/a>. &#8220;The decisions were made in complete secrecy and undertaken without public disclosure or proper consultation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House, meanwhile, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/10\/white-house-ballroom-proud-presidential-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">called the pushback<\/a> &#8220;manufactured outrage&#8221; and argued that prior presidents have also made changes to the complex. The administration has also cast the ballroom as a necessary addition to a building that&#8217;s lacking in large event spaces.<\/p>\n<p>At a dinner earlier this month to thank private donors to the $300 million ballroom project, Mr. Trump marveled at how easily he was able to kick off construction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said, &#8216;Sir, you can start tonight,&#8221; the president \u2014 no stranger to real estate development \u2014 told attendees. &#8220;&#8216;You have zero zoning conditions. 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