Trump Raves About White House Redecoration During Cabinet Meeting: ‘Never Found a Paint that Looks Like Gold’
President Donald Trump ended Tuesday’s cabinet meeting with an in-depth breakdown of the White House decor and the meaning behind his design choices.
As things were winding down around half past 1 p.m. ET, Trump was asked by someone off-camera to bring up his redecoration efforts across the White House. The president began by explaining his process with the room they were all sitting in at the time.
“This is called the Cabinet Room,” Trump said. “It’s been here for a long time; and it had some pictures that were not many of them and not very good ones. And I actually spent time in the vaults. The vaults are where we have a lot of great pictures and artwork; and I picked it all myself. I’m very proud of it.”
Trump then went around the room pointing at all the presidential portraits — even briefly summarizing the presidents’ respective achievements — and explaining why he chose them for the room.
After spending about five minutes talking about the portraits, he then pivoted to the rest of the decor in the room — dedicating time to the curtains, flags, and even a clock that he procured from the State Department.
“I see this gorgeous clock, grandfather clock, and there it is,” Trump continued. “I said, ‘[Marco Rubio] I love this clock.’ Look at it. It’s beautiful. He said, ‘What clock?’ I said, ‘The clock that’s in the other room is incredible and nobody gets to see it there.'”
Before Fox cut away from its coverage of the meeting, Trump then went into detail about the painting and moldings.
“We also painted the room a nice color, beige color,” he said, “and it’s been really something. The only question is will I gold leaf the corners? You could maybe tell me. My cabinet could take a vote. You see the top line moldings, and the only question is, do you gold leaf it? Because you can’t paint it. If you paint it, it won’t look good because they’ve never found a paint that looks like gold.”
That detailed breakdown came after Trump slammed the media for asking about Jeffrey Epstein and not focusing on the deadly Texas floods.
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