Most Tacky of the Year Award trophies on the mantle?
There's an interesting article I found from over eight years ago while Trump was running for his first shot at president. In it, the author wonders what tacky decor changes Mr. Trump might make to the White House if he got in. Well, as we know, he did get in but it appears his first go 'round was nothing compared to this one. Now, he's going all out. As you can see from images like the one of the mantle above, cheap-looking gold is the order of the day...and plenty of it. The Oval Office is jam packed with gaudy, overly ornate and all shades of gold imaginable. Gold framed paintings, arguably always a feature of the Oval Office but so many? And stacked so high on top of one another? This isn't a European palace. The White House was purposely made to be a bit demure. Stately, yes, but not grandiose. We are a republic, not a monarchy...and that's what we wanted our executive's mansion to say with its Neoclassical exterior and American Colonial interior.
WTF with this ornate golden flourish just recently added to the marble front of the fireplace?
Getting the place looking like the Winter Palace for your pal Vlad?
That gold eagle table (ugh!), a gold-framed mirror on the discreet door (another that's misaligned on the matching door on the other end of the room), a squinting Hillbilly veep and a gaggle of old white men.
Jackie is spinning in her grave!
And all I can imagine is what goes through the minds of recent visitors like the PM of Ireland and the head of NATO, real Europeans, when they see this utterly sad attempt of Trump to make "his" office look more like what he surely must think is "European elegance." They see this for what it is. Cheap and showy. Nothing classy about it. Trump is nothing more than the son of a slumlord from Queens and he never will be. I'd tell it to his face if I could. One white trash to another.
Oh, BTW, here's a shot of the real Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Trump dreams of digs like this, throne and all. Dream on baby, dream on...not in MY country your not!
