Donald Trump has recently revealed the refurbished Lincoln Bathroom within the White House, a project that offers glimpses of his contentious removal of the East Wing. This renovation has sparked a mixture of intrigue and debate, given the historical significance of the site.

The former President took to Truth Social to share a series of before-and-after images documenting the transformation of the bathroom, which adjoins one of the most iconic rooms in the White House.

Trump commented on the platform, saying, “The bathroom was updated in the 1940s with an art deco green tile design, which was completely misaligned with the Lincoln Era aesthetic.”

He continued, “I opted for a design featuring black and white polished Statuary marble. This choice aligns with the period of Abraham Lincoln and, indeed, might even replicate the original marble that once adorned the space!”

This bathroom is part of the suite that includes the Lincoln Bedroom, located on the White House’s second floor. Historically, this suite served as an office and Cabinet Room for past presidents before being designated as the Lincoln Bedroom during Harry Truman’s extensive renovations.

The new bathroom features a large bath tab and separate enclosed shower with golden faucets, railings, soap dishes, coat hooks and lamps, which glow warmly against the bright marbled walls and floor.

The previous design was more sparse, with green tiles on the walls, cold strip lighting and stainless steel where Trump has now added gold.

One of the photos showed a view out of the window where construction workers could be seen working on the demolition of the East Wing to make way for the president’s new privately funded $300 million ballroom.

Donald Trump posted photos from inside the new Lincoln Bathroom, which adjoins the famous bedroom at the White House

Trump says that the previous Art Deco design dating from the 1940s was ‘totally inappropriate’

The new bathroom features a a sink set into a console table with golden legs, with an mirror set into an ornate picture frame surrounded by warm lighting 

The new bathroom features a large bath tab and separate enclosed shower with golden faucets, railings, soap dishes, coat hooks and lamps, which are accented on bright marbled walls and floor

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt proudly touted the latest gilded upgrade which comes after Trump renovated the Rose Garden, Oval Office and added a ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ to the West Wing.

‘When I first learned a toilet like that existed inside the White House, I was horrified,’ she wrote on X. ‘President Trump is making the People’s House more elegant and beautiful for generations of Americans to come!’

The Lincoln Bedroom is used to host official and personal guests, including world leaders and celebrities. 

It comes after the White House said tours will resume on December 2, following their suspension for months due to the construction of the ballroom. 

The East Wing was once part of the tour, but has been demolished as part of the project. 

The White House says it will now offer ‘an updated route offering guests the opportunity to experience the history and beauty of the People’s House.’

To mark the holidays, December tours feature Christmas decorations curated by First Lady Melania Trump on the State Floor.

Congressional offices can begin submitting tour requests for their constituents on Monday. Such requests had been paused since the summer for ballroom construction.

The unveiling of the new bathroom comes amid fury at the administration over the demolition of the East Wing, an 83-year-old annex to the White House mansion that housed the offices of the First Lady.

The White House was initially cagey about what the plans for the East Wing were, with suggestions that part of the structure would remain intact.

Trump, announcing the ballroom earlier this year, claimed: ‘It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.’

The new bathroom features an enclosed shower, with floor to ceiling marble and gold fixtures

In classic Trumpian style, gold is prominent in the revamp 

The tub features an antique-style telephone clawfoot faucet with a hand shower and metal cross handles

A white presidential robe hangs on the wall beside the new tub

Shelves are set into the marble walls to provide a minimalist look

But earlier this month, when he was hosting ballroom donors at a dinner in the East Room, the President appeared to say the quiet part out loud.

Trump opened the gold curtains behind him to unveil the construction site.

‘It will be demolished,’ he said. ‘Everything out there is coming down and it will be replaced by the most beautiful ballroom.’

A number of former staffers of Republican first lady Pat Nixon had written to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to try and get the project stopped.

But Trump had already appointed Staff Secretary Will Scharf to lead the NCPC, with Scharf determining the government agency tasked with DC-area federal construction, did not oversee demolitions, just construction.

Democrats see a political opening from the optics of the project, which is happening amid a government shutdown that is seeing federal workers go without pay.

‘I genuinely think the images of them destroying the East Wing of the White House could be a game changer in the elections,’ former Biden White House official Neera Tanden posted to X on Wednesday.

She included polling data that showed Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger beating Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears by 13 points.

Conservative Washington Examiner columnist Byron York even gave the White House some grief for the lack of transparency.

‘The President needs to tell the public now what he is doing with the East Wing of the White House. And then tell the public why he didn’t tell them before he started doing it,’ York posted to X Tuesday night.

The White House pushed out a furious response against the outcry, sending out a press release blasting ‘unhinged leftists and their Fake News allies’ for creating ‘manufactured outrage’ over the East Wing’s demolition.

The press release included historical photographs showing previous demolitions and construction projects at the White House dating back to 1902.