First Photos Of Trump’s Oval Office Renovations Just Came Out And They’re Tacky As Heck
All the terrible pre-election jokes about Donald Trump turning the White House into the Gold House are coming to life before our eyes.
The Oval Office renovations that took place during President Trump’s “working” vacation at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf resort are nearing completion – and it appears that Trump has brought the same kind of obnoxiously gaudy and aggressively opulent aesthetic that he decorated his Trump Tower penthouse in.
Will be more eagles throughout Trump's West Wing, renovation team told press. Two gold eagles with uplifted wings in Roosevelt Room now. pic.twitter.com/ZKbP2bBBsw
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 23, 2017
All gold everything, as the rappers would say. If you look closely, even the power outlets are being covered in gold.
The Presidential Big Mac Platter:
Trump is also replacing the old wallpaper with a more Trumpian vibe. He complained that they were “very damaged” and Trump wants to bring back the “luster and the glory” of the White House.
"Obama wallpaper was very damaged. There were a lot of stains on it," designer said. Trump "wanted to bring back the luster and the glory." https://t.co/N7W4GBJxcO
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 23, 2017
Trump picked out new wallpaper in Oval Office, and will design a new rug. So wallpaper might change again to match, per renovation team. pic.twitter.com/o9OpOiQD7b
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 23, 2017
The President’s fondness for tacky gold eagles speaks to his desire to emulate the fascist leaders of the past and how he sees his position not as the elected leader of a democratic society but as an authoritarian ruler.
As Adam Khan notes, there was another anti-Semitic ethnonationalist leader with a fondness for gold eagles…
https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/900423908326649857
Just saying.
