President Donald Trump leads a weekly meeting at the White House where the agenda includes discussions on the size of windows, the placement of bathrooms and options for interior finishes for the East Wing ballroom he has promised to complete before leaving office.
Piles of sample materials that have been brought for Trump’s perusal sit in the Oval Office or the adjacent dining room, according to people who have seen them.
Visiting foreign leaders and members of Congress are sometimes asked to weigh in on materials or designs.
Over the last 10 months, Trump has personally selected the white limestone that lines the Rose Garden after laying out different slabs on the ground to compare them; dictated the type of flag poles to use on the North and South Lawns (tapered galvanized steel, wit

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