Trump shares vintage poster of first White House built in 1798
Trump the illustrated artwork depicts the neoclassical residence rising amid scaffolding and period figures, echoing an eight-year construction that finished in 1800.
WHITE HOUSE — Donald Trump shared a vintage illustration marking the construction of the first White House in Washington, D.C., on a Truth Social post on July 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM EST.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “BUILDING THE FIRST WHITE HOUSEnWASHINGTON D.C.17989”
The painterly poster shows a large white neoclassical building under wooden scaffolding, ringed by workers, stone blocks and a horse-drawn cart, with foreground figures dressed in late-18th-century attire. A decorative scroll banner reads “Building the First White House” at the top and “Washington D.C. 1798” at the bottom. The image is a stylized artistic depiction rather than a historical photograph, and no figures can be independently identified.
George Washington selected the site for the presidential residence along the Potomac River, centrally located between Virginia and Maryland (see theflagshirt.com). The design was chosen in 1792 from James Hoban, an Irish immigrant who modeled his plan loosely on the Dublin residence of the Duke of Leinster (see theflagshirt.com). Construction began that year and took eight years, at a cost of $232,372, before the first president moved in (see theflagshirt.com).
Former President Donald J. Trump shared an image of a vintage illustration on Truth Social on 07/05/2026.
Margo Martin / X (formerly Twitter)
© copyright Zenger.News
John Adams became the first president to occupy the building in 1800 (see theflagshirt.com). The White House was built by slave labor as well as immigrant labor from Ireland, Scotland and other parts of Europe. The residence did not officially take the name White House until 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt adopted it (see theflagshirt.com).
In the last 30 days, 133 of 533 Trump posts were on topic “Uncategorized”.
Source: Zenger real-time database of all Truth Social posts.
Note: Chart generated on July 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM EST
Source: Zenger analysis
Note: Table generated by https://zenger.news on July 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM EST