Posted on 04/14/2025 5:43:10 AM PDT by mairdie
Donald Trump the property developer is busting out of the political straitjacket to bling the Oval Office and reimagine the White House.
From planning a “beautiful, magnificent” new ballroom to paving over the Rose Garden to create a convivial, Mar-a-Lago-style terrace, the 45th and 47th president is determined to make his mark on the White House this time.
“It keeps my real estate juices flowing,” he told a reporter recently.
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On the curved walls, Trump has quadrupled the number of gilt-framed presidential portraits to 20, from Biden’s five, with Lincoln taking pride of place above the fireplace and Ronald Reagan prominently featured to the right of the Resolute Desk, where visitors will see it first.
Room will be made for a portrait of one of Trump’s favorite predecessors, William McKinley, when a suitable one can be found. The 25th US president, who served from 1897 to 1901, was the original “tariff guy” whom Trump has praised as a “natural businessman [who] made our country very rich through tariffs.”
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Post a picture of the sign! And of the rose if you can get it. NEAT! Roses are simply magnificent. Spent one day with the local Boston Horticultural Society learning to prune roses in their Rose Garden. Great memory.
Sorry, didn’t take photo but sign reads: “David Austin, fragrant English roses” No blooms yet, we are at 4,700FT. They’ve been trimming, saw them working the other day. Far western Colorado, we’re just 40 miles from Utah. Mountain/desert transition area.
DID THEY EVER FIND THE ITEM IN THE RESOLUTE DESK THAT WAS ELECTRONICALLY SPYING IN THE OVAL OFFICE???
THE DESK WAS REMOVED FOR SOME DAYS.
It doesn’t seem like they would need to move it to find a bug. I thought Trump just liked his desk better.
Here’s what they look like.
Oh, excellent memory! I wondered about that, too, and never saw any more on the subject. Hope someone knows. But maybe they wouldn’t tell us. So much for transparency.
Where is the swimming pool Biden kept using and was swimming NAKED in front of FEMALE SECRET SERVICE OFFICERS??
I’ll send you photos when they are in bloom. My memory is that there are various colors. The bushes are tall, like 5-6 feet.
I’d love pictures. Many thanks.
I HATE all the gold. It’s gross. His decorating style is “whore house”.
I know. The first time I saw pics of his digs at Trump Tower I thought it was a joke; it wasn’t.
so tacky. way over accessorized. all the gold in the oval office looks like an Arab sheik’s tent.
My wife and I took the White House public tour recently. What an amazing edifice. We only get to see a small example including the East Room
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EXCITING!! I’ve never even seen it, though I did see the cherry trees one spring. So glad to hear it held it’s reputation.
Too close. Move them to the DC ‘hood. Let the protective press corp commune with their progressive values.
Ha. And add a little short bus for commuting them over when they do have to cover something in the WH.
White House Rococo!
Must be driving the left nutzo...LOL.
And who will have a field day? Melania.
I can hardly wait to see it.
Festoons, sconces,assymetrical curves, gargoyles and cherubs.
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