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Trump swaps out Resolute Desk in the Oval Office days after Elon Musk’s son X appeared to wipe booger on it
NY Post ^ | 2/20/25 | Chris Nesi

Posted on 02/20/2025 4:07:14 PM PST by Libloather

The White House has assured the public it’s snot a permanent change.

President Trump ordered the iconic Resolute Desk removed from the Oval Office for refurbishment after Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son, X, appeared to pick his nose and rub the desk on live TV last week.

The young Musk scion and budding nasal archaeologist, whose full name is X Æ A-12, fidgeted, babbled and, at times, wandered around when he appeared in the Oval Office with his father and Trump during a joint Q&A session about the work of Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

At one point the tot — whose mom is pop star Grimes — wiggled his finger around in his nostril and then seemingly wiped the resulting bounty on the famous desk, first used by John F. Kennedy in 1961 and later used by presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden during their time in office.

Trump, a known germaphobe, revealed in a Truth Social post Thursday that the Resolute Desk had been temporarily replaced with the C&O desk, one of six available to the sitting president.

“This desk, the ‘C&O,’ which is also very well-known and was used by President George H.W. Bush and others, has been temporarily installed in the White House while the Resolute Desk is being lightly refinished—a very important job,” Trump wrote.

“This is a beautiful, but temporary replacement!”

C&O is short for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and was initially built for that company’s owners. It was initially used in the Oval Office Study in 1975 before rail company GSX donated it to the White House in 1987.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: booger; boogers; chrisnesi; desk; germaphobe; govtwaste; musk; nationaltreasureii; newyorkpost; resolute; resolutedesk; smear
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Seven years from now you'll be wondering about the booger story details. One good FR search will bring it right up.
1 posted on 02/20/2025 4:07:14 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Could have just wiped it LOL..Little X is adorable that is what little kids to


2 posted on 02/20/2025 4:07:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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I’m sure other bodily fluids have been wiped on that desk, eh Bubba?


3 posted on 02/20/2025 4:12:54 PM PST by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: Libloather

I didn’t know the Resolute Desk only went back as far as Kennedy. Assumed it was much older for such reverence towards it.


4 posted on 02/20/2025 4:13:31 PM PST by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The Resolute desk needed a great big , beautiful refurb after four years of Biden desecration


5 posted on 02/20/2025 4:13:39 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Libloather

Another hilarious masterpiece from the Babylon Bee! Oh, wait...


6 posted on 02/20/2025 4:14:30 PM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: Libloather

I really think Trump needed to have the desk cleaned post Biden!


7 posted on 02/20/2025 4:15:00 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Libloather

Trump was just waiting for an excuse to have it disinfected.


8 posted on 02/20/2025 4:15:12 PM PST by SovereignVA
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To: Libloather

They should have Monica look for it. I’m sure she knows all the nooks and crannies.


9 posted on 02/20/2025 4:16:19 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Did the Babylon Bee buy out the NYPost or was it the other way around?


10 posted on 02/20/2025 4:16:43 PM PST by BipolarBob (Before judging remember, we've all kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach before.)
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To: Libloather

Boogie on my finger and I can’t shake it off
by Weird Al Yankovic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tWY1Beo6E


11 posted on 02/20/2025 4:17:18 PM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Libloather

The Bee ???


12 posted on 02/20/2025 4:18:19 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Libloather

Trumps actually having the resolute checked for the clues to the founders hidden gold as seen on National Treasure :p


13 posted on 02/20/2025 4:20:32 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Made In The USA

It’s older. Kennedy just took it out of storage.


14 posted on 02/20/2025 4:22:34 PM PST by Fledermaus (GOP RINOs - Get on Board or Get Out!)
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To: llevrok

I’d be more worried about the chair..

bidens leaky diaper.. well... you know..


15 posted on 02/20/2025 4:25:25 PM PST by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
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To: Libloather

kids have a tendency of finding things adults don’t see...


16 posted on 02/20/2025 4:29:36 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁 )
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To: Made In The USA

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/what-is-the-resolute-desk-and-where-did-it-come-from

Resolute Desk is a double pedestal partners’ desk made from the oak timbers of the British ship HMS Resolute. In 1880, Queen Victoria gifted the desk to President Rutherford B. Hayes. It has been used by nearly every president since, with the notable exceptions being Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford...


17 posted on 02/20/2025 4:29:37 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Libloather

I guarantee that is not the only booger under that desk.


18 posted on 02/20/2025 4:29:54 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Fledermaus

Thanks, you inspired me to look it up and the history is great read.


19 posted on 02/20/2025 4:30:36 PM PST by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: Libloather

Really struggling to believe this story.
Nothing a paper towel and surface cleaner couldn’t handle.


20 posted on 02/20/2025 4:33:25 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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