It seems that the “new” gold decorations in the Oval Office are not what he says they are. It’s all bluffing. It’s tacky. It suits him. And he never thinks about what he’s saying, so we have the Mythbusters of the Internet going out and looking to see if they can confirm… or not confirm what he says is the truth. From a fun little article in yesterday’s AlterNet:
In a clip shared on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s Facebook page on Monday, President Donald Trump gave her a tour of the Oval Office — and Ingraham asked Trump if all the gold accessories, trim, and decor came from Home Depot, which he denied. It turns out that much of the decor may indeed be available at the chain store, as some internet sleuths have discovered.
Well, now. They went looking. After all, it’s so much *fun* to fact-check Trump. He does the usual nonsense. It never works. But he doesn’t see that. We thought his first term was bad. This one started worse with those damn pardons and commutations and has gone downhill ever since. The smart half of the country has had a great time covering it!
Ingraham asked Trump, “So these aren’t from Home Depot?” Trump replied, “Nah, this is not Home Depot stuff,” he said, reported The Daily Beast. Policy consultant Adam Cochran quoted Trump in a post on X, along with a screenshot from the store selling a molding that appears in the Oval Office. “It is literally Home Depot Stuff,” Cochran said.
Ha. Chalk up another one for our side. Probably in the Décor section, used for spiffing up special events where no one looks at the decorations too closely. Well, Trump thinks it’s gold. He loves his gold, the tackier, the better, while we retch. Imagine how visitors to the Oval Office must feel! How they keep a straight face is unknown at this time.
Cochran then added, “Then again, Trump is dumb and surrounded by crooks. Maybe he thinks it’s real gold, has been paying for real gold, and getting shafted.” //// Vaughn Sterling, executive producer of CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins,” reposted Cochran’s post, saying, “This is so bizarre. //// Another X user by the name of Urbanista Ramon quipped, “Yeah, looks like that ‘gold leaf spray paint’ is coming in handy for the Oval!”
Ba-da-boom. Harsh. And wonderful! Another one bites the dust. Trump continues to believe what he wants to believe. He is a legend in his own mind and not anyone else’s, since MAGA is learning the error of its ways. He boosts his ego with the gilt and the ballroom (where are they going to park everyone?) and his parade and his AI and so forth, too many to list these days, at not even a year in. We tear it down with great glee at his expense. Sorry not sorry, imbecile.
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Flakey fools gold embellishments for a fake gold filagreed felon. A certain Welsh Dame would possibly have a field day belting out ‘Ghoul Finger’, don’t you think.
I’ve seen his taste in decor described as ‘Qusay Hussain meets Ramada Inn’.
Which appears accurate.
Yes. A Home Depot special. They’re plastic with a golden spray paint finish. I hope he doesn’t think they’re real gold. He gave someone our money for that crap. I hope we didn’t pay gold prices.