Newsom Christens Trump’s Rose Garden With Brutal New Nickname

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a fresh round of attacks on President Donald Trump in his unrelenting campaign to reality-check the MAGA base.

Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator Patio.”

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Newsom Christens Trump’s Rose Garden With Brutal New Nickname

California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a fresh round of attacks on President Donald Trump in his unrelenting campaign to reality-check the MAGA base. Honing in on Trump’s grand reopening of the freshly paved-over Rose “Garden” on Friday, Newsom rebranded the concreted area the “Predator...
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Yes, the White House Rose Garden was paved over and converted into a patio space during an August 2025 renovation by the Trump administration, which was inspired by his Mar-a-Lago club. The grassy lawn was replaced with stone tiles laid in a diamond pattern, sourced from Indiana limestone quarries.

Details of the renovation:
  • Timing: The renovation and paving occurred in July and August 2025.

    • Inspiration: The conversion was inspired by President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
    • Materials: The patio features stone tiles made from Indiana limestone, the same material used for the National Cathedral and the Empire State Building.
    • Changes: The primary change was the replacement of the grassy area with a patio.
 
As I stated...it was not "concreted over" and the roses are still there...;) Indiana limestone is not concrete...and the roses are still there...
And yes... the limestone was sourced from the same region as the stone used for other landmarks like the National Cathedral and the Empire State Building. Limestone is not concrete...
 
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Yes, the White House Rose Garden was paved over with a concrete patio in July 2025 during the current Trump administration.
 
Being picky is a part of passive-aggressiveness. The fact remains that the Rose Garden was paved over.

Newsom's tweet mocking is the topic, not whether or not the Rose Garden was concreted over. And nobody said that roses are not there.
 
I was simply pointing out that it was not "concreted over"....The space was always intended as an area to hold events...
"But The Rose Garden was never meant to be a static relic. Its defining layout—still largely recognizable six decades later—was tailored not only for beauty, but for utility. “My grandmother was always open to treating gardens with the idea that you had to pull a tree out when it was too old, or you had to update a design element if it didn't make sense anymore,” says Thomas Lloyd, Mellon’s grandson, board member and President of the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, and co-author of Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon and Bunny Mellon Style. “Mr. Kennedy knew the advent of television was a huge new technology and a component of his success as a politician,” he continues. “He wanted to have an outdoor area to do press conferences and really utilize that space in a very beautiful way.”
www.vogue.com

They Paved Paradise? A Closer Look at Trump’s New White House Rose Garden

Newly released images of the White House Rose Garden—now paved over with pale stone by President Trump—have left nostalgists and gardeners alike wondering: Why trade greenery for granite?
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