Trump is so dedicated to including Midas-like touches to the White Home that he had his Mar-a-Lago “gold man” flown in on Air Power One, as The Wall Road Journal reported in April:
A cabinetmaker from south Florida who has labored on initiatives at Mar-a-Lago, John Icart helped add custom-made gold finishes to the Oval Workplace, together with gilded carvings for the fireside mantel and the molding that wraps round probably the most well-known workplace on the planet, administration officers stated. Icart traveled to Washington with Trump on Air Power One, in line with one of many officers. He declined to remark, referring inquiries to the White Home.
This concerned festooning the Oval Workplace with gold furnishings and varied trinkets, and including gold carvings to the fireside and crown molding:
Administration officers stated Trump personally oversaw the set up of the gold carvings on the mantel within the Oval Workplace. He additionally introduced gold cherubs from Mar-a-Lago to be put in within the White Home.
Prominently displayed subsequent to the Resolute Desk is a big gold FIFA World Cup trophy. Seven gold vases and urns embellish the mantle.
… Trump has affixed a gold Trump crest over the door main into the White Home from the colonnade, a latest customer stated. There are gold coasters with Trump’s identify on aspect tables.
These accents are “of the very best high quality” and are being paid for by the president himself, in line with a Fox Information report that was mild on particulars:
A White Home spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital that the gold Trump added to the Oval Workplace “is of the very best high quality,” declining to supply additional particulars. The spokesperson additionally stated that Trump personally lined the price of the gold accents, although didn’t specify how a lot gold was added or how a lot Trump spent.
Nevertheless, as defined by BuzzFeed, the moldings seems to be oddly just like accents obtainable for as little as $30 on House Depot’s web site.
For comparability, that is what the Oval Workplace seemed like within the final 12 months of the Biden administration:
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And that is what it seems to be like now:
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That is really fairly spectacular, contemplating that gold paint doesn’t exist:
