The current occupant of The White House has done more to change it than any other president before him.
One big construction project has already been completed - paving over The White House Rose Garden with its famous lawn where many press conferences and official ceremonies occurred in the past. A more major project will be the construction of a $200 million ballroom on the east wing. This luxurious addition will be able to accommodate up to 650 guests.
Many of the changes have been on a smaller scale. A lot of golden bling has been added to the principal rooms including the famous Oval Office. This is the kind of vulgar and tasteless decoration that the 47th president clearly loves for it is also visible in Trump Tower and at Mar-a-Lago. Perhaps someone should have whispered in his ear that you don't get style and elegance by slapping golden trimmings all over the place. He is also fond of ugly, gilded picture frames that distract terribly from the pictures within them.
Talking about pictures, the incumbent has shifted a lot of pictures of past presidents around - relegating Democrat presidents to less visible locations. A fine official portrait of President Obama that was on display in the entrance hall has been replaced in favour of a hyper-realistic portrait of the 47th president himself - following the alleged assassination attempt at Butler, Pennsylvania.
Should you visit The White House you will probably spot that the original coasters have been replaced with chunky fake gold coasters that have the word "TRUMP" on them. Again - pretty vulgar but what does he care? As I said before, he has no sense of style and little dignity.
It is somewhat ironic that he has often banged on about "fake news" when he paints his face orange and when his golden mane is also fake. In addition, it is clear that he likes to dwell in fake environments, surrounded by tasteless golden bling including plaster adornments sprayed with fake gold. You cannot make this stuff up.
Arguably, he should have spent more time focusing on Ukraine and Gaza and less upon how to spoil the historical appearance of The White House - formerly known as the people's house.
The man craps in a golden toilet so that's what all this is about.
ReplyDeleteRearranging the pictures seems to be a favourite pastime of politicians - didn't Rachel from Complaints relegate quite a number of the pictures from her office? And didn't her boss do something similar?
ReplyDeleteThe guy has no idea of tradition. He spends his time stoking up violence against visible groups and wonders why people get shot.
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe he removed the rose garden. He's all about bling and splashy looking decor. No sense of decorum and style. It is all very disappointing.
ReplyDeleteHe is a waste of skin.
ReplyDeleteVulgar is the right word. He has ruined The White House and all dead-and-buried past Presidents are spinning in their graves. The loss of the Rose Garden was hard for me to read about. He simply doesn't realise he is NOT the most important and loved person in the world, and not even in his own country.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear that old place is having a makeover. All those social media home improvement influencers are making a real difference these days.
ReplyDeleteHis taste in decor is a shock to the system but no matter how much we mock him, no one gets rid of him. Is it civil war that hangs like a Damascus sword over America?
ReplyDeleteHe has always been vulgar and crass. I agree w/many: destroying the Rose Garden was heartbreaking. I always think it's b/c Kennedy was behind the re-creation of it to the beauty that it was. Trump hates anything and everything Kennedy. Except for that idiot RFK Jr.
ReplyDeleteOr before focusing on Gaza and Ukraine, focus on care for the citizens of the United States.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame about the nastiness on both sides of American politics. Some of the comments about Charlie Kirk's shooting are vicious and horrible.
ReplyDeleteA lot of this stuff cannot be put right again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with River. Vulgar is the correct word. I like how you brought up how he is always complaining about "fake news" when in actuality everything about him is fake. The destruction of the rose garden is a symbol for how he has totally upended the USA. It gives me great sadness.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the photos of the redesigned rose garden, I was horrified. It looks like the terrace of some cheap package-deal hotel. The idiot won't rest until he's ruined everything with his tasteless "improvements".Wonder if he will offer Charles some suggestions to Improve Buck House and Windsor Castle?
ReplyDeleteMy hairdresser said the other day that she thinks he's lovely. It was all I could do to bite my lip in case she gave me a Mohican haircut!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's all so much worse than banging up fake gold shit everywhere that it's hardly worth the energy to criticize it.
ReplyDeleteReportedly most of the "bling" is molded plastic, spray painted gold. It will take a few days to rip it all out when he is gone.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't understand the words "style" and "dignity". If this was a movie, I would be having lots of jolly chuckles at all the silly golden bits and pieces, but this is real! Hard to comprehend. What a jerk.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I just want to turn off all news and enjoy the glorious countryside and hurried my nose in good books and cat fur.
ReplyDeleteI can’t even be arsed to insult Trump - it is so obvious.
As to Charlie Kirk, I agree with Debbie many of the comments are horrible…and several came out of Trump’s mouth
I'm not offended at all. I'm just tired of reading/hearing about this administration everywhere I look. It's hard to believe we're only nine months into a four year term! We can only hope there will be changes at midterm, but that's still an awfully long way off.
ReplyDeleteI could cry for the rose garden but really it pales into insignificance for all his other disasters
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's his way of making his mark . . .
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