Recent American history informs us that our presidents live in luxurious accommodations both during their tenure in The White House and afterwards. President Truman is an exception to this idea. Truman was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's vice president, and he became president after Roosevelt died in office in 1945. Roosevelt had lived in The White House for 12 years, during the depression and the war years afterwards. With money so tight, The White House had gone a long time without being updated and, in some cases, properly maintained. Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess had to move to Blair House, the guest house across Pennsylvania Avenue, while The White House was entirely rebuilt from the inside.
Which sentence would BEST conclude this paragraph and provide a transition for the next paragraph about how the Truman's lived after they left The White House?
A) Truman did not want to change much of the White House from how Roosevelt had
decorated it
B) Roosevelt had family money and other nice homes, so the glory (or lack of glory) of
The White House meant less to him.
C) Presidents James Madison and Ronald Reagan also had extensive renovations completed while they lived in the White House
D) Truman’s lodgings during his presidency were not glamorous; furthermore, his finances afterwards were almost embarrassing