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Members of Congress listen as President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s Rose Garden Club: A lavish new hangout for political allies and business elites

Washington’s hottest new club has everything: Cabinet secretaries, a new stone patio, meals from the White House kitchen and even a playlist curated by President Donald Trump. But good luck getting on the guest list. So far, only some of the Republican president’s political allies and business executives have been invited. The White House Rose Garden is now the Rose Garden Club. Trump has turned the lawn outside the Oval Office into a taxpayer-supported imitation of the patio at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump debuted the Rose Garden Club name during a dinner there earlier this month and is hosting another event there on Wednesday.

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President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump remakes the White House with new flagpoles

President Donald Trump has overseen the installation of a massive new flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House. A second pole is being placed on the North Lawn, close to Pennsylvania Avenue. After watching workers using a crane to install the pole on Wednesday morning, he returned in the afternoon to see the stars and stripes hoisted for the first time. The poles are the most notable exterior modification to the White House since Trump returned to the presidency with grand ideas for remaking the building. He’s already updated the Oval Office with gold accents, more portraits and a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

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