Since returning to the White House, Trump has embarked on an architectural mission. Besides the ballroom, he has already gilded the Oval Office with Rococo mirrors, gold medallions, and eagle figurines, paved over the Rose Garden with a concrete patio, and erected oversized flagpoles on the grounds.

"And I’m using that word on purpose. Because they don’t seem to understand, this is the Trump White House, that they don’t work for just one man. They work for the American people."

In a new book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, published Oct. 21, Jean-Pierre says that the party's internal dysfunction and disloyalty had helped pave the wa...

“Where’s the Democratic party in doing the same and peaceful protesting?” she said.