Making things up again?
Nah I don't have that problem. I'm not named Trump.
It's not up to the occupants of the White House to determine when or how the WH is maintained.
Sure it's not. I guess you forgot the uproar when Nancy Reagan decided to order new china for State visits because the stuff the Carters had been using was chipped and worn to the point of embarrassment.
I know you're old enough to remember the redecorating job Jackie O did on the WH.
And before that it was the Truman ordered reconstruction of the WH. The entire inside was gutted and rebuilt strengthened and renovated. Took three years to do.
Truman ordered it because there was a very real fear that the Oval office level of the WH was about to collapse into the basement at any moment.
So YES I do know who can and can't order the renovation and/or reconstruction of the WH.