Trump, in a post-midnight interview with conservative radio host and conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root, defended his focus on the condition of the grass around Washington, D.C.“You know, people laugh, ‘Oh, he’s changing the grass.’ “The grass, you know, grass has lives just like people have lives. 11-year-old Frank Giaccio gets a pat on the back from Trump while mowing the grass in the Rose Garden of the White House ,September 15, 2017. The White House and the ongoing Ballroom construction as seen from a window at the Washington Monument, July 15, 2026. AL DRAGO/Al Drago, REUTERSTrump’s other presidential priority has been to build a $400 million ballroom at the White House.