<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> has described the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/white-house" rel="" target="" title="White House"><span>White House</span></a><span> as "s—" during a speech outside the presidential residence today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president complained about the iconic building while speaking at a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trumps-liberation-day-announcement-in-the-rose-garden/9a5f26c6-1396-4090-8629-b33db866dfa7" rel="" target="" title="Rose Garden"><span>Rose Garden</span></a><span> dinner event in honour of Police Week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His speech immediately began with talking about the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-ballroom-billion-dollars-taxpayer-funding-usa-world-news/c22cc5b9-ef27-4b94-bd5e-9b1a8c4b311e" rel="" target="" title="state of the White House"><span>state of the White House</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-media-truth-social-losses-quarterly-report-usa-news/5b38adf5-5f42-4b92-8107-c4b27dfc5ace"><strong><span>Trump's company loses half a billion dollars in three months</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want to welcome you to the Rose Garden. You know, this is a whole new thing. This used to be grass," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And took a little heat from my wife. She said, 'Darling, what did you do with my grass?</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I said 'People got tired and standing in mud.'"</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-white-house-profanity-s-speech-rose-garden/d84f7c7d-a43d-4969-8cf6-3c7c51b9bc35" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Twenty minutes in, his speech became profane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was told by my wife, 'you have to act presidential, so don't use foul language'," Trump said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I won't. Therefore, normally I would have said it was a s— house, but I don't want to say that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He started to detail his grievances with the building.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The columns were falling down, the plaster was falling off," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This place is tippy top now, including all the brand new beautiful stone."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/virginia-redistricting-donald-trump-gerrymander-court-decision-tennessee-vra-voting-rights-act-usa-news/c6770f8e-6f16-44c8-a7c7-6e0f6301a0fb"><strong><span>Trump celebrates decision that could secure his party's re-election</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He then began to describe his proposed ballroom, before repeating the false claim that a Democratic Congresswoman married her brother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump also dedicated a substantial part of his speech to his renovations of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-today-july-4-celebrations-washington-dc-protests/3b0d1e7e-cf83-418f-9ee6-b8f829c3097b" rel="" target="" title="Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool"><span>Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pool has been drained to be repainted blue at Trump's request.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html" rel="" target="" title="New York Times"><em><span>New York Times</span></em></a><span> reported today that the administration would pay $18 million for the project, far more than the $2.5 million Trump claimed it would cost.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government awarded the renovators with a no-bid contract last month after claiming the need for repairs was so urgent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/could-you-beat-donald-trump-in-a-fight-poll-results-ufc-event/41cb10ab-ac15-4fd2-bfe9-34b66bd246f5"><strong><span>Americans asked if they could beat Donald Trump in a fight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday a lawsuit was filed by a Washington non-profit to prevent the pool from being repainted blue.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Reflecting Pool's profound reflective quality—achieved through deliberate design choices, including the dark color of its basin—creates the sweeping mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument that millions of visitors experience every year," the lawsuit states.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design. It was the design."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group argued the administration had not taken into consideration a law that prevents the alteration of historic landmarks without proper scrutiny.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-falling-asleep-white-house-dozing-nodding-off-usa-politics-news/e0bcbdf0-8aa4-4179-beaa-2b407fa839f1"><strong><span>White House furiously denies that Trump fell asleep in meeting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span></div></div>