
Pete Buttigieg's husband Chasten had some thoughts about Melania Trump's White House rose garden makeover.
Referencing his husband's short-lived presidential campaign, he joked that the gardens could have fared much better if things had turned out differently.
To think, we could have had gays in there... https://t.co/Tu1IUxBjSn— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten Buttigieg) 1598132264
Melania Trump spent months renovating the gardens outside the Oval Office, but people weren't exactly thrilled with the end result.
Aside from uprooting some of the garden's iconic blossom trees, she removed flowerbeds – some of which have gone untouched since they were planted by Jackie Kennedy in the 1960s – and replaced them with shrubbery and concrete slabs.
Excited to honor history & celebrate the future in our beautiful @WhiteHouse Rose Garden this evening. Thank you to… https://t.co/kdyyexsb7x— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@Melania Trump 45 Archived) 1598115660
Some people compared Trump's finished garden to a cemetery.
While others weren't sure she should have spent the duration of the pandemic gardening, anyway.
Of course, a gardening project is a great way to relax and alleviate stress, but it could come across a little... frivolous.
If this isn’t a Marie Antionette moment I don’t know what is. Who cares about a redesigned rose garden when we’re i… https://t.co/WhD2QHpcKz— Charles M. Blow (@Charles M. Blow) 1598115172
People will have plenty of time to further scrutinise Trump's rose garden renovation efforts as her Republican National Conference speech will be broadcast from that very location on Tuesday evening.