{"id":75107,"date":"2026-06-20T04:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/trumps-dc-makeover-frenzy-bewilders-locals-and-visitors-its-like-were-under-occupation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:55:55","slug":"trumps-dc-makeover-frenzy-bewilders-locals-and-visitors-its-like-were-under-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/trumps-dc-makeover-frenzy-bewilders-locals-and-visitors-its-like-were-under-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s DC makeover frenzy bewilders locals and visitors: \u2018It\u2019s like we\u2019re under occupation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From East Wing demolition and \u2018restoration\u2019 of reflecting pool to bridge and fountain renovations, US capital is \u2018a different city right now\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On the edge of Lafayette Square, a landmark park near the White House, a scuffed sign proclaimed: \u201cWe are making DC safe and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julie, visiting Washington DC with her husband, Robert, to celebrate their recent marriage, was unconvinced. \u201cThe irony,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s neither safe, nor beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/20\/trump-dc-makeover-frenzy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From East Wing demolition and \u2018restoration\u2019 of reflecting pool to bridge and fountain renovations, US capital is \u2018a different city right now\u2019 On the edge of Lafayette Square, a landmark park near the White House, a scuffed sign proclaimed: \u201cWe are making DC safe and beautiful.\u201d Julie, visiting Washington DC with her husband, Robert, to &#8230; <a title=\"Trump\u2019s DC makeover frenzy bewilders locals and visitors: \u2018It\u2019s like we\u2019re under occupation\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/trumps-dc-makeover-frenzy-bewilders-locals-and-visitors-its-like-were-under-occupation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump\u2019s DC makeover frenzy bewilders locals and visitors: \u2018It\u2019s like we\u2019re under occupation\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}