Extra-tall flagpoles, a $400 million ballroom, and lots and lots of gold. For the first year of his second term, Trump’s been busy remaking 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in his image. All the changes to the White House over the past year read like a reality TV drama. Clashes with architects. A lawsuit over the East Wing demolition. Paving over the beloved Rose Garden and turning it into an exclusive club. President Trump’s promise (or was it a threat?) to make federal buildings beautiful again primarily played out at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.