Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office
The order comes after Trump made a series of big changes to the decor of the Oval Office and tore down the White House East Wing.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will prevent future presidents from making certain changes to the White House Oval Office.
Trump, a former real estate mogul, has altered the president's official office during his second term, most notably by adding many gold features to its walls.
"So we're making it a national monument, and 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," Trump told reporters on Thursday.
Trump's proclamation notes the existing protection, but says "nonetheless, the Oval Office merits specific recognition and protective management as a discrete historic structure of national significance".