Overview
- Mid‑June 2026 excerpts from Regime Change by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, obtained and republished by multiple outlets, reveal new details about the Trumps’ private residence arrangements.
- The book reports that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump keep separate sleeping quarters, with Melania in the traditional master bedroom and the president using the adjacent second-floor “living room,” and that Trump redecorated by moving items into his room.
- Staffers say they were forced to manage daily disruptions by photographing replacement objects for the First Lady, rotating damp carpet pieces in the president’s bathroom to dry, and monitoring trash after valuable White House sterling silverware was allegedly discarded.
- The excerpts describe larger renovation decisions that changed institutional spaces, including a Rose Garden compromise and the reported October demolition of the East Wing to make way for an expanding ballroom project.
- The accounts are drawn from advance excerpts published before the book’s June 23, 2026 release and have not been comprehensively rebutted by the White House; the reporting highlights both immediate operational strain on residence staff and broader symbolic shifts in how White House spaces are used.