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Trump Claims Secret Service Wants Him To Rebuild Oval Office
President Donald Trump claims the U.S. Secret Service wants him to rebuild the Oval Office.“‘Sir, we think the Oval Office should be taken down, and we’ll build a new one, sir,’” Trump told Time Magazine, allegedly quoting a Secret Service official. “I said, ‘My ass, you can’t build a new one. This is a special place.’”According to The Washington Post, Trump’s claim was not unusual; the Secret Service has pushed prior administrations to “fortify” the office, but that would require relocation. Trump also said he had been thinking about making the Oval Office a federal landmark, but as The Post noted, it is already a National Historic Landmark.“I’ve been asking [chief of staff Susie Wiles] for six months to give me a statement. Will we save this room? Will we make it a federal landmark?” he said.