
<p>Former first lady Melania Trump has fired back at a historian who criticized the renovations she made to the White House Rose Garden last year, calling his remarks “misleading” and “dishonorable” before questioning his credibility. ;</p>



<p>Melania tweeted, “.@BeschlossDC has proven his ignorance by showing a picture of the Rose Garden in its infancy. The Rose Garden is graced with a healthy &; colorful blossoming of roses. His misleading information is dishonorable &; he should never be trusted as a professional historian.” ;</p>



<p>The message was in response to a tweet from Michael Beschloss, presidential historian for NBC News and a frequent critic of former President Trump, who said that the “evisceration” of the White House Rose Garden was finished a year ago this month.</p>



<p>“And here was the grim result — decades of American history made to disappear,” Beschloss wrote. ;</p>



<p>The Trump White House revealed the newly renovated Rose Garden, which was spearheaded by the then-first lady, last August. Her office said she wanted to make the area more closely resemble the original 1962 design by Rachel Lambert Mellon during the Kennedy administration.</p>



<p>The changes sparked criticism among many who attacked the historic garden’s new look.</p>



<p>A petition surfaced this April, which has received more than 80,000 signatures, calling for first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff to reverse the changes to the Rose Garden.</p>



<p>“We want Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff to take this on and restore the Rose Garden to [former first lady Jackie Kennedy&#8217;s] original design,” the Change.org petition said.</p>



<p>The petition argued that the renovations made by the Trump administration “ripped away” Kennedy’s legacy. ;</p>



<p>Neither Biden, Emhoff, nor their offices have responded to the petition.</p>

Melania Trump Defends Her Rose Garden Renovations
