West Wing being cleared out for August renovations

Published August 4, 2017 10:19pm EST | Updated November 4, 2023 11:08pm EST



The West Wing is being cleared out as August renovations and maintenance of the White House begin.

CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller tweeted photos Friday afternoon of staff starting to move furniture out of the West Wing.

The Trump family is set to spend a portion of August at the president’s golf resort in Bedminster, N.J. Meanwhile, staffers will be working remotely, or from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door, according to RealClearPolitics report.

In August it is customary for the first family to take a weeks-long vacation and for that time to be utilized for maintenance on the White House grounds.