Does President Trump Have an ‘Edifice Complex’?

Does President Trump Have an ‘Edifice Complex’?

Author: NBC News February 16, 2026 Duration: 26:13

More than any other president in recent history, President Trump has focused on changing the White House and also Washington, D.C., to his liking. In just a year, in the mode of a true real estate developer with a strong brand sensibility, Trump has gilded the Oval Office, paved over the Rose Garden, demolished the East Wing, planned a giant new ballroom and put his name on the Kennedy Center. But is his renovation fever really “unprecedented”? NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell and NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss join us for a special President’s Day episode.


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