WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Construction workers place a tarp over the scaffolding that surrounds the columns at the North Portico of the White House on July 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to do construction throughout the White House grounds. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement as British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson (R) looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. The appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US despite close ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was "highly damaging" to the government and harmful to Britain's international standing, a parliamentary committee said on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One shortly after departure from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, after he switched from the old VC-25A Air Force One to the newer VC-25B Bridge Air Force One, enroute to Washington, on July 8, 2026. Trump is returning from the NATO Summit in Turkey. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)