Trump can t shake the real estate developer inside him

Get the Full StoryFrom his fixation on making Federal buildings beautiful to his comments on rebuilding Gaza, Trump can t help but try to remake the built environment in his image.

On his first day of his second term in office, President Trump signed dozens of orders and memoranda that outlined his positions on everything from foreign policy and immigration to gender identity, working from home, and TikTok. The contents of the executive actions which have already triggered lawsuits echo comments and promises he s made since first hitting the campaign trail in 2015. And so it comes as no surprise that he revived another one of his obsessions: making federal buildings beautiful by prescribing traditional and classical architecture as the default style.

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