Melania Trump destroys the garden designed by Jacqueline Kennedy
The first lady has modified this outer space and has opted for a less colorful and more sober style, which some associate with a reflection of the current presidential marriage
Even when Melania Trump seeks to do a good deed, she continues to generate controversy. The first lady of the United States has returned to monopolize all the attention these days after presenting the last modification of her in the White House. It is the Rose Garden (rose garden), the garden that due to the coronavirus pandemic is being used as the base for President Donald Trump's press conferences and that Melania has completely renovated. An outdoor space that is famous for its proximity to the Oval Office and that will serve as a backdrop for the first lady when she delivers her speech Tuesday night for the re-election of her husband at the Republican National Convention. “Excited to honor history and celebrate the future in our beautiful White House Rose Garden. Thank you to everyone who helped restore this iconic and truly beautiful space, ”Melania Trump wrote on her Twitter alongside several photos of the renovated exterior.
Excited to honor history & celebrate the future in our beautiful @WhiteHouse Rose Garden this evening. Thank you to all who helped renew this iconic & truly gorgeous space. pic.twitter.com/ggiqLkdGbw
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) August 22, 2020
The controversy arises because this space had not been restored in almost 60 years, with Jacqueline Kennedy being in charge of the last design that she developed together with the planter Rachel Lambert Mellon in 1961. The original garden was made up of a colorful variety of roses, tulips and large trees, where the wild apple trees stood out and with a manicured lawn covering the entire ground. The current first lady has chosen to lower that chromatic range with softer colors where white predominates. She has also traded in the large trees for small hedges and has included a central stone path.
The images of the renovation of the Rose Garden have generated criticism among Internet users. Many of them have called the reform sober and insipid due to Melania Trump's choice to remove the strong colors as well as the apple trees that provided a more country and light view and have associated it with a metaphor with the current presidential marriage. “Can we talk about how Jackie Kennedy's rose garden was colorful, diverse and beautiful and that Melania has made it… white?”; Melania Trump destroyed Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garde. Think about it. Of great importance? No. But it sure is emblematic of who these people are ”or“ People just don't understand what a legacy means. The original garden was a design by Jackie Kennedy, one of the most beloved first ladies in modern history ”, are some of the comments they have left on social networks.
Can we talk about how Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden was colorful and diverse and beautiful and Melania just made it... white? pic.twitter.com/6jIendxup9
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) August 22, 2020
In addition, many Internet users have accused the first lady of dedicating her time to these superficial reforms and not to the situation that the country is experiencing with one of the worst global crises due to the coronavirus pandemic that only in the United States has already left more than 175,000 dead.
The White House, which has not entered the controversy, has simply clarified that the limestone walkway that now borders the central lawn has been made in order to make the garden more accessible for people with disabilities, in addition to satisfying “ the dynamic needs of the modern presidency, ”including making the space more suitable for television cameras and other technological needs of the press corps that makes its use in times of coronavirus. In addition, as reported by ABC, the dozen trees unearthed will be transplanted to other spaces in the White House.
