Amid the government shutdown, President Donald Trump posted photos of a newly remodeled bathroom.
On Friday, Trump shared a couple dozen photos of a renovated bathroom that is connected to the Lincoln Bedroom.
“I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House,” he wrote on Truth Social. “It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!”
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver echoed critics of the president, noting: “That is pretty tone-deaf. And you know what? I will say to Trump what I said while watching David Harbour’s Architectural Digest video: ‘You are vastly overestimating how much I care about where you take a shit.’”
Added Oliver: “It is odd to be posting bathroom remodel photos when so many are legitimately concerned about getting the government open again.” The government shutdown, which started Oct. 1, will break a record for the longest shutdown if it continues until Tuesday.
The bathroom isn’t the only remodel Trump has ordered in the White House. He’s also overseeing a demolition project on the East Wing so that he can construct a $250 million ballroom.
Oliver previously weighed in on that project after photos surfaced of the construction: “Those images are distressing, especially when you know it’s all to build a giant ballroom in a style best described as ‘Med Spa Versailles.’ ” He added that “the demolition of the White House [is] a metaphor that, if anything, is too on the nose” for Trump’s presidency.