‘Hottest place to be’: Trump unveils renovated Rose Garden Club; new White House venue for power dinners

Members of Congress at a dinner within the Rose Garden of the White House (AP)

US President Donald Trump unveiled the newly-renovated Rose Garden on Friday and launched the Rose Garden Club, calling it the “hottest” place to be in Washington.“We have worked very hard to bring it to fruition and not an easy situation, but it’s something that I think we’re all going to enjoy for many, many years to come. It’s a tremendous place,” Trump mentioned to the gathering invited to the dinner.The White House had not formally introduced the new membership earlier than the occasion. Guests have been served Rose Garden salad as a primary course, adopted by a alternative of New York Strip steak, thyme roasted rooster, or a vegetarian pasta dish. Dessert was a fudge-filled cake.White House spokesman Davis Ingle mentioned, as quoted by The New York Post, “The Rose Garden Club at the White House is the hottest place to be in Washington, or perhaps the world. The president looks forward to welcoming top business, political, and tech leaders for this dinner and the many dinners to come on the new, beautiful Rose Garden patio.”Trump mentioned renovations to the backyard have been lengthy overdue. “Every time we’d have a press conference, women in particular were sinking deep into the mud and at some point I said, you know, it’s time to make the change. We picked a great stone and we have a great speaker system.”The Rose Garden mission, which started in April, is certainly one of a number of renovations below Trump. He has redecorated the Oval Office and Cabinet Room with golden decor, erected two 100-foot flag poles on the North and South lawns, and is planning a self-funded $200 million ballroom by the East Wing.The new look, with its yellow umbrellas, recalled Trump’s personal membership at Mar-a-Lago, the place he typically hosts VIPs. In current weeks, songs resembling “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum and “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis have been heard outdoors the White House because the president examined the sound system.