2026年11月5日 美国东部时间晚上11点41分 / CBS/美联社
特朗普总统于周四签署了一份公告，称该公告将把椭圆形办公室和内阁办公室列为国家纪念碑，这是他所在政党在周二的中期选举中遭遇惨败后采取的第一项官方行动。
不过，此举并不能阻止未来的总统重新装修这间由特朗普摆满金色装饰的标志性办公室，也无法阻止其继任者推翻这份公告。特朗普本人就曾推翻过前任总统设立的国家纪念碑。
不过，特朗普以高调的措辞描述了椭圆形办公室令的内容：
“绝不能让任何人、蠢货把它破坏、拆毁，只为了建个形状稍有不同的东西，”特朗普表示，“我们喜欢椭圆形办公室，它是个象征，就像白宫本身一样。”
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2026年11月5日，特朗普总统在白宫椭圆形办公室。吉姆·洛·斯卡尔佐 / 欧洲新闻图片社 / 彭博社 via Getty Images
本周这已是这位地产开发商第三天发表关注自己在华盛顿的“心头好”项目的言论。周三，也就是共和党在全国关键选区失利的次日，特朗普召集记者，观看其豪华舞厅项目建设中最后一根钢梁的吊装。周一，他前往林肯纪念堂倒影池，谈及对这一地标的翻修。
在特朗普发表讲话后发布的这份公告称，其中任何内容都不会“限制总统重新装修纪念碑、挑选陈设，或进行不会实质损害纪念碑历史结构或建筑特色的常规运营及安全调整的权力”。
公告要求内政部长管理椭圆形办公室，并规定“在采取任何可能大幅改变或拆除纪念碑的行动前，必须完成备案、审查及替代方案考量”。特朗普单独表示，任何重大变更都需获得国会审查，尽管文件文本中未提及这一要求。
“如果有人说，‘咱们别用椭圆形了，改成方形吧’，那他们得回去找国会，希望国会那帮人足够明智，不会让这种事发生，”特朗普说道——值得注意的是，他曾拆除白宫东翼为自己的舞厅腾地方。
特朗普签署文件时， resolute桌（注：美国总统办公桌）上放着一顶正面写着“否决”的红色棒球帽，这是对国会权力更迭的直白暗示。
他这番保护白宫装修成果的举动，正值民主党准备对特朗普展开新的审视。国土安全委员会常设调查小组委员会资深民主党人、康涅狄格州参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔周四向已知的特朗普舞厅项目捐赠者发送了大量信件，要求他们提供信息，否则将面临“迫使其遵守的其他措施”。
自重返白宫以来，特朗普监督了多个房间的诸多设计变更，包括椭圆形办公室——他在墙上挂满肖像、《独立宣言》复刻版和大量金色装饰。
谈及自己的室内装修决定时，特朗普特别提到他为内阁办公室安装的新吊灯，称是为了解决“极差的照明问题”。他对椭圆形办公室的其他添加物还包括大量金色壁花饰和带金色画框的肖像。
特朗普没有详细说明自己究竟想要阻止什么，但暗示椭圆形办公室未来可能面临威胁。特朗普本人就曾面临多项诉讼，指控其在华盛顿的美化项目未经必要批准就动工。
“如果有人胆敢来拆墙，不管我在哪，你们都给我打电话，”特朗普说，“我会回来，确保这种事永远不会发生。”
周四晚些时候，国家首都规划委员会对总统修建的250英尺凯旋门给出最终批准，这座凯旋门将建在林肯纪念堂和阿灵顿国家公墓之间。
该委员会作为联邦政府在该地区的规划机构，成员多为特朗普盟友，在听取了国会议员、退伍军人、建筑师以及华盛顿特区和弗吉尼亚州居民近9小时的公开意见后，以8票赞成、4票反对批准了该项目。
不过，一名联邦法官正在审议是否要暂时阻止这座凯旋门的建设。
Trump signs proclamation declaring Oval Office a national monument
November 5, 2026 / 11:41 PM EST / CBS/AP
President Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation that he says will preserve the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as a national monument, his first official action after his party was swept aside in midterm elections on Tuesday.
But the action does not prevent future presidents from restyling the iconic office that Mr. Trump has filled to the brim with gold flourishes, nor does it prevent a successor from rolling back the proclamation itself. Mr. Trump himself has reversed national monument designations made by his predecessors.
Mr. Trump, however, described the Oval Office order in expansive terms.
“It will not be allowed to be touched by anybody, destroyed, ripped down by stupid people, in order to build something in a slightly different shape,” Mr. Trump said. “We like the Oval Office, and it’s a symbol, like the White House itself.”
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President Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 5, 2026. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA / Bloomberg via Getty Images
It was the third day this week that the president, a real estate mogul, delivered remarks fixated on his pet projects in Washington. On Wednesday, a day after Republicans suffered defeats in key races across the country, Mr. Trump gathered reporters to see the final beam being raised during construction of his opulent ballroom project. On Monday, he went to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to talk about his renovation of the landmark.
The proclamation, released after Mr. Trump’s remarks, says that nothing in it will “restrict the President’s authority to redecorate the monument, select furnishings, or make ordinary operational and security modifications that do not substantially impair the monument’s historic structure or architectural character.”
It orders the Interior secretary to manage the Oval Office and requires “documentation, review, and consideration of alternatives before any action that would substantially alter or demolish the monument.” Mr. Trump separately said any major changes would need review from Congress, though such a requirement is not in the document’s text.
“If they want to say, ‘Let’s not have oval anymore, let’s make it square,’ what happens is they have to go back to Congress and hopefully the Congress, the people in Congress, will be smart enough not to let that happen,” said Mr. Trump — who notably demolished the East Wing of the White House to make room for his ballroom.
A red baseball cap with “VETO” on the front was sitting on the Resolute Desk as Mr. Trump signed the document, a not-so-subtle nod to the shifting of powers in Congress.
His effort to preserve changes at the White House comes as Democrats gear up for new scrutiny of Mr. Trump. Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a flurry of letters Thursday to known donors to Mr. Trump’s ballroom, demanding that they provide information or face “alternative measures to obtain compliance.”
Since returning to the White House, Mr. Trump has overseen numerous design changes to various rooms, including the Oval Office, where he has filled the wall space with portraits, a copy of the Declaration of Independence and numerous golden accents.
As he talked about his interior decorating decisions, Mr. Trump highlighted new chandeliers that he says were installed in the Cabinet Room to address “very bad lighting.” His other additions to the Oval Office include numerous gold wall appliqués and gold-framed portraits.
Mr. Trump did not elaborate on precisely what he was hoping to prevent but suggested that the Oval Office might face some threat in the future. Mr. Trump himself has faced several lawsuits alleging that his Washington beautification projects were done without the necessary approval.
“If anybody ever decides to come and start knocking down walls, you call me wherever I may be,” Mr. Trump said, “and I’ll come back here and I’ll make sure it never happens.”
Late Thursday, the National Capital Planning Commission gave final approvalfor the president’s 250-foot triumphal arch, which will be constructed between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
The NCPC, which acts as the federal government’s planning agency for the region and is stacked with Trump allies, voted 8-4 to greenlight the project after almost 9 hours of public comments from members of Congress, veterans, architects and Washington, D.C., and Virginia residents.
However, a federal judge is weighing whether to temporarily block construction of the arch.