Okay, this isn’t exactly politics, but it is. We all know tRump has horrible taste but this is cringeworthy. He has replaced a whole bunch of things in the Oval Office with gold paperweights, gold statues and gold medallions, to name a few. There are pieces that have been shipped in from Mar-A-Lago like small cherubs hanging above the doorways. If you have any taste at all, which I expect you do, the pictures showing the inside of the office are horrifying.
He’s even changed the pictures on the walls. They are now hung so close together there’s barely room for them and they absolutely cover the walls. There are gilded Rococo mirrors on the doors. I would be over this crowding and gold within 5 minutes. There are even gold eagles on the side tables. And the crowning glory is a gilt TV remote. Could you imagine the reactions when world leaders see this, that they have to hide behind a polite mask? I can’t. I can’t even!!!
But wait, there’s more! He is paving over the lawn from when Melania ripped up the Rose Garden and changed it to a lawn with a border of flowers. That pissed me off. And now the Mango Mandarin is going to pave it over and put a patio style seating area in, like the one he holds court in at Mar-A-Lago. This pisses me off even more! The Rose Garden was in bad enough shape, being relegated to the sides of a lawn. But now he’s going to pave over it? I’ll bet there aren’t any flowers left when he does and that’s just a crime to past Presidents and First Ladies! The Rose Garden was a crowning jewel for the White House.
And there’s still more! Yes, I said more! He is paving over the South Lawn to build a ballroom. Gee, I thought he already had one of those. Well, apparently it’s not good enough. He is going to have one built and designed by him so we *know* the interior is going to be hideous. And of course, let us remember he is ripping up ANOTHER feature of the White House.
So not content with being a “leader” of the free world, he has to inflict his poor taste on those of us who watch broadcasts from the Oval Office. I’m glad for the people who can handle it. But me? I can’t even, again.
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It will be designed in the traditional Russian whorehouse look.
I can see this, too!
I thought I saw some extra gold adornment on the fireplace in the oval office, that I didn’t remember seeing before. With all the external permanent changes, I don’t know if it will ever be the same. Much like our country, sadly.
Agreed. This is beyond stupid. He’s just trying to move Mar-A-Slobo up here. And *that* is just sad. He can’t see the emperor has no clothes. And agreed on our country will never be the same.
Important to remember that that Trump is surrounded by gilt, not sold gold One would love to think that as “Guilt” is pronounced “gilt” we are seeing subliminal admission? Me’s projecting too much but hey!
I hope you don’t mind the laughter you just gave me! And yes, you are correct it’s gilt that looks like gold. Either way, it’s HIDEOUS.
His taste is Nouvelle Gauche or White Trash Versailles
Ha, I don’t know which one of those I like more!
Trump’s idea of high class decor is best described as “Trailer Trash Versailles.” He’s seen photos of Versailles and somehow decidec that’s the height of opulence. The result isn’t Louis XIV so.much as utterly tacky, the idea of what a tasteless nouveaux riche thinks reflects wealth and thus poeer