[Verse 1]
Tarps draped over the North Portico like a ghost in formal wear
Scaffolding climbing column by column, restoration filling the air
Trump's grabbed the blueprint, grabbed the hardhat, calling shots from within
Builder-in-chief at sixteen hundred, hammers swinging again
Columns wrapped up, workers crawling, PBS caught it live
The Washington Post says he's remodeling — watch this project drive
[Chorus]
The White House is under renovation, tarps and cranes in the frame
July tenth the headlines scream it, nothing looks the same
Helipad for Marine One, columns getting dressed
The president turned contractor, putting plans to the test
White House, White House, somebody's redecorating
White House, White House, the whole block's renovating
[Verse 2]
Eight people indicted — murder, terrorism on the sheet
A planned attack on a UFC event, stopped cold before they'd meet
The White House was the target, the charges stacked up high
CBC broke the story, federal prosecutors don't play shy
Conspiracy to terrorize, the grand jury spoke it true
Eight defendants facing charges on July tenth's breaking news
[Chorus]
The White House is under renovation, tarps and cranes in the frame
July tenth the headlines scream it, nothing looks the same
Helipad for Marine One, columns getting dressed
The president turned contractor, putting plans to the test
White House, White House, somebody's redecorating
White House, White House, the whole block's renovating
[Bridge]
And the Dodgers are coming in late July, champagne and cleats on the lawn
Celebrating twenty-twenty-five's World Series crown from dusk to dawn
Meanwhile alliances built abroad are cracking at the seams
The Lowy Institute watching carefully as the coalition frays and leans
[Verse 3]
A new Marine One needs a landing pad, so pour the concrete flat
Trump told reporters it'll be more powerful — imagine that
Forbes confirmed the tarp, KCRA showed the scaffolding tight
Column restoration, helipad planning, indictments overnight
[Verse 4]
The news cycle never rests, another story breaks at noon
Diplomats and allies reading signals like they're reading runes
Every crane that lifts a beam sends a message to the world
Every indictment filed downtown keeps the courtroom flags unfurled
History gets written fast when the cameras never sleep
July tenth added chapters that the archives have to keep
[Chorus]
The White House is under renovation, tarps and cranes in the frame
July tenth the headlines scream it, nothing looks the same
Helipad for Marine One, columns getting dressed
The president turned contractor, putting plans to the test
White House, White House, somebody's redecorating
White House, White House, the whole block's renovating
[Outro]
That's your July tenth roundup, twenty-twenty-six today
White House wrapped in canvas, headlines stacked and framed
From indictments to the Dodgers to the columns getting fixed
The news don't ever slow down — that's the story, that's the mix