U.S. President Donald Trump promised a new “golden age” for the nation. In the Oval Office, at the least, he has lived up to his promise with a blingy makeover.
The Republican has decked out the interior sanctum of the U.S. presidency with gilded trophies and gold-plated, Trump-branded coasters, and stuffed nearly each accessible inch of wall house with portraits of his predecessors.
Almost on daily basis appears to carry one thing new. This week Mr. Trump put in a copy of the Declaration of Independence — the historic doc triggering the nation’s freedom from the British monarchy 250 years in the past.
Far greater than throughout his first time period, it’s as if the 78-year-old former actuality TV star and billionaire property mogul is creating one thing that’s part-studio and part-exclusive actual property.
One of Trump’s proudest touches, although, is a very unconventional portrait that hangs close to these of his illustrious forebears. Right exterior the Oval Office in a gold body hangs a picture of Mr. Trump — his 2023 mugshot, as featured on the quilt of a tabloid newspaper, from when he was booked in Georgia for alleged makes an attempt to intrude with the 2020 election.
The ostentatious show ought to most likely not come as a shock for a man who introduced his first presidential run by descending on a golden escalator at Trump Tower in New York.
The billionaire has lengthy branded every little thing he can with his identify, from buildings to Bibles.
Mr. Trump is even reportedly planning to pave over the famed Rose Garden that the Oval Office overlooks, to give it the patio-like really feel of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
Published – March 21, 2025 01:03 pm IST
