President Donald Trump had a walkway on the West Wing’s colonnade hurriedly redone so it would be ready for King Charles III and Queen Camilla to walk down it during their state visit Monday.
The 79-year-old president was eager to show off the renovations taking place outside the Oval Office during a press conference on Thursday, when he boasted of the new “charcoal” path.
Trump picked out the granite slabs himself as part of a project that started last month and was pushed through to be ready in time for the royals, according to The Washington Post. The granite replaces beige Tennessee flagstone that had previously formed the path.
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