Amid war, inflation and sinking approval ratings, Trump takes comfort in giving Washington a face-lift

Facing one of the roughest patches of his second term, Trump is devoting outsize energy to giving Washington its biggest facelift in living memory.

WASHINGTON — As they walked through the bowels of the Kennedy Center, President Donald Trump asked Sen. Lindsey Graham his opinion on something that might mean a lot one day to an audience sitting through three hours of “Les Mis.”

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Try out some of the new seats being considered for the building’s renovation, Trump told the South Carolina Republican. Graham obliged, plunking himself down in different chairs and telling Trump which one he liked best.

“He couldn’t make up his mind,” Graham said of the president, recounting a trip to the performing arts center earlier this year.