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Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
4. Guggenheim Museum offered Trump a golden toilet after he requested a Van Gogh for the White House
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:40 PM
Aug 2020


President Trump turned down a golden throne for the White House.

The First Couple had asked the Guggenheim to borrow a Vincent Van Gogh painting for their private White House quarters, but a curator responded that the museum no longer had the work.

However, the curator wrote in an email, the Upper East Side museum could offer the presidential couple another piece: a fully functional toilet made out of solid 18-karat gold entitled "America."

The shimmering art piece, created by Italian-born artist Maurizio Cattelan, is estimated to have cost more than $1 million to make.

he curator, Nancy Spector, pitched the golden toilet to the Trumps in a Sept. 15 email — first reported by the Washington Post — after a White House curator asked if the presidential couple could borrow Van Gogh's 1888 "Landscape with Snow."

The email contents were confirmed to the Daily News by a museum spokeswoman.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/guggenheim-offered-trump-gold-toilet-requested-van-gogh-article-1.3779296

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. I was amazed at the people who said they also replace the toilets when they move to a house
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:44 PM
Aug 2020

And also wash the toilet as soon as they check into a hotel room.

Gosh, I must be a huge slob. I assume the hotel housekeeper is MUCH better at cleaning than I am (plus they get paid for it).

3catwoman3

(23,983 posts)
7. I must admit that I would not wish to perch on any...
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:52 PM
Aug 2020

...commode used previously by Trump or the Third Lady.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
14. If the Trump's got past my personal security (dog) and ask to use my toilet, I would refuse
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 10:16 PM
Aug 2020

them and point them to the nearby McDonalds. Why not -- the chefs use it and so should the Trumps.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
13. Features a quarter-moon cutout on the door.....
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 09:24 PM
Aug 2020

and old Sears catalogs in a special rack.

For some odd reason, Nebraska farmers quit sending him free corncobs........

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