{"id":2393247,"date":"2025-01-21T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-issues-memo-promoting-beautiful-federal-architecture-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:32:28","slug":"trump-issues-memo-promoting-beautiful-federal-architecture-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-issues-memo-promoting-beautiful-federal-architecture-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump issues memo promoting \u2018beautiful\u2019 federal architecture &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-issues-memo-promoting-beautiful-federal-architecture-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-held-hostage-by-hamas\/\" title=\"Americans Held Hostage by Hamas\">provided content appears<\/a> to \u200dbe a mixture of HTML \u2062code and some\u200b elements related\u2063 to a news article about former President Trump promoting &#8220;beautiful&#8221; federal architecture.The button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; suggests that there is additional content available. 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Unfortunately, the excerpt does not provide more details about the specific content of the article or the context of Trump&#8217;s memo.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump issues memo promoting &lsquo;beautiful&rsquo; federal architecture<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1938671\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Within hours of ascending to the presidency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> issued a memorandum designed to promote the beautification of federal buildings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The order continues a quest Trump began during his first term to ensure new federal buildings are not just functional but also follow a traditional style of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">architecture<\/a>. The president and others have expressed their dissatisfaction with some modernist architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/promoting-beautiful-federal-civic-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">memorandum<\/a> directs the government to submit recommendations in 60 days to advance a policy that federal buildings &ldquo;should be visually identifiable as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-trump-team-shows-videos-of-democrat-lawmakers-during-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"\u2018Hypocrisy:\u2019 Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial\">civic buildings<\/a> and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the president signed a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">sweeping executive order<\/a> on the matter, which was later repealed after former President Joe Biden entered office in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/12\/22\/trump-outlaws-ugly-federal-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">order<\/a> declared that all federal buildings should &ldquo;respect architectural heritage&rdquo; and that federal buildings &ldquo;should uplift and beautify public spaces, inspire the human spirit, ennoble the United States, and command respect from the general public.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the latest memorandum, Justin Shubow, chairman of the National Civic Art Society, a group that advocates art in the classical tradition, praised the executive order from Trump&rsquo;s first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that Executive Order was very important and highly popular with the public,&rdquo; he said on CBS. &ldquo;It pointed out that the architecture of the American democracy is classical architecture. So this Executive Order wished to return federal architecture to that tradition, which essentially lasted from the Founders up until World War II.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the memorandum was signed, Shubow hailed the move on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to Make Federal Architecture Great Again. Here&rsquo;s to democracy in design!&rdquo; Shubow wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C., has a mix of both modernist and classical architecture. 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