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President Donald Trump shared safety footage on social media Saturday, slamming a subcontractor accused of cracking the “most lovely marble and stone out there anyplace” within the lately renovated White Home Rose Backyard.
In a submit to Fact Social, Trump mentioned he found a “big gash” within the limestone three days in the past, extending greater than 25 yards.
“Surfaces are crucial to me as a Builder,” the president wrote within the submit. “As everybody is aware of, I constructed many GREAT Buildings, and different issues, through the years. … [The limestone crack] was deep and nasty! I began yelling, ‘Who did this, and I wish to discover out now!’—and I didn’t say this in a pleasant method.”
President Donald Trump shared footage exhibiting the alleged injury. (@realDonaldTrump by way of Fact Social)
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Trump mentioned he questioned whether or not the injury was brought on by vandalism or “stupidity” and credited White Home safety gear with cracking the case.
“They introduced again the silly folks, with their boss watching (in sun shades!),” Trump wrote within the submit. “It was a subcontractor that was putting in heavy landscaping on a metal cart that was damaged and tilting badly, with it rubbing arduous in opposition to the tender, lovely stone.”
Tables and chairs within the Rose Backyard of the White Home in Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Backyard in March. (Getty Pictures)
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Safety footage shared together with the submit confirmed two employees pushing a yellow cart, carrying an obvious shrub over the newly put in stone.
Not less than two different males gave the impression to be watching the operation unfold.
President Donald Trump calls folks to the rostrum to face with him throughout a Nationwide Day of Prayer occasion within the Rose Backyard of the White Home Could 1, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
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Noting his “love and respect” for employees and contractors, the president reiterated the injury was unacceptable and mentioned the stone would get replaced.
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“Now, I’ll exchange the stone, cost the contractor, and by no means let that contractor work on the White Home once more—However, how nice is the video gear? We caught them, chilly,” Trump wrote. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
