"It was to be a temporary living situation until my aunt was back on her feet. Unfortunately, my aunt passed quickly, and my parents were stuck with the condo, so rather than give it up, they decided to make it their permanent home. They gutted it, tore down walls, replaced the floors, and added a patio, among other things. Slowly, lovingly, they made it theirs, and settled in for good."
"When I see what Donald Trump is doing to the White House in his second term, I can't help but think of my parents' renovations. The difference, of course, is that theirs was done out of love and loss. Trump's is being done out of ego and permanence. He's remaking the People's House into a dictator's palace. In the past, the president-elect moves some furniture from a private residence to the White House living quarters, which is how every other president has sought to make the White House more of a home for four years, but not Trump."
Parents bought a condo across the street to care for an ill aunt; the aunt died quickly and the parents kept and renovated the condo, turning temporary housing into a permanent, lovingly remade home. The White House is being altered in a similar conversion from a temporary presidential residence into a permanent personal palace by Donald Trump in his second term. Trump is transforming the People's House with ostentatious decor, gilded gold leaf, new chandeliers and draperies, signaling a desire to remain indefinitely rather than treat the residence as a four-year home.
Read at Advocate.com
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