Fox News’ Laura Ingraham appeared to be less than sold on President Donald Trump’s latest renovation idea.
In a newly released portion of Ingraham’s latest interview with Trump, the president confirmed the rumor that he wants to give the Eisenhower Executive Office Building a fresh coat of white paint.
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Trump showed Ingraham, usually a staunch supporter of the president, but who pushed back on him multiple times in their chat, projected images of the building in bright white.
“Look at that. How beautiful that is with a coat of paint,” he said, adding the stonework would undergo “cleaning, pointing and painting, it needs other work too.”
“Look at that, how beautiful that is,” he added.
Ingraham, though, wasn’t convinced.
“But you’re not worried it’s like a big white blob?” she asked.
“No. No. No. No,” Trump insisted. “What it does is it brings out all the details.”
“You’re a builder. I’m not. I have no aesthetic sense,” Ingraham replied.
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Trump then turned and said to Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo: “It really brings out the detail. Do you understand, Raymond?”
“I do,” Arroyo replied.
“Suck up,” Ingraham shot back, adding again for good measure, “Suck up.”
Trump, who last month controversially razed the White House’s East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom, later said he was getting quotes for the project and wasn’t sure he’d actually go through with it.
