Trump's space was a few inches - the "Pope's" space was almost the whole desk. Then to make it more insulting to whoever was across from the Pope - the carpet was set so anyone sitting on the other side of the desk had a good chance of tripping on the carpet or getting his chair caught on it.
Had to go look it up.
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Wonder if the desk is often like this..I will have to go look
These are the official photos.There is another room that they go into to talk privately.I had a friend who used to meet with John Paul 11.I saw pictures of the room.