What began as another redesign idea during a conversation with Donald Trump in the Oval Office soon turned into an internal check that led officials to quietly shut it down, according to a new book by Republican strategist Scott Jennings.

The request arrived as Trump continued expanding his remodeling across multiple parts of the White House, often pushing changes as quickly as he pushed policy.

Jennings writes that Trump pointed toward the shield on the ceiling and said, “I’m thinking of putting a chandelier in here… Right through the shield there on the ceiling,” according to the Daily Beast.

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He then asked him directly, “If there’s any room that need

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