You paid for that gold, suckers!

[senseandsensibility]

Yesterday at that "batshit" presser, trump also said this about the Oval Office: "You see the way this is looking. I can't tell you how much that gold costs. A lot of money. This beautiful office needed it."

As Timothy Burke said on bluesky: "we really do need to figure out how this guy managed to create an environment where he can say he wasted an amount of taxpayer dollars so large he can't even tell you how much it was" and it doesn't cause immediate national outrage."

And this was in addition to threatening to send the military to Chicago and other American cities. NYT, do you have any opinions on his state of mind or fitness for office? Just curious.

[Sneederbunk]

1. He will take Oval Office gold when he leaves.

Probably put it in the free plane.

[a kennedy]

9. Of course he will, bastard.

🤬

[Farmer-Rick]

11. He won't be taking anything with him when he returns to hell

I suspect he won't be able to take anything with him when he dies, not even all his stolen loot. No one ever has.

[iluvtennis]

12. With approval from the Supreme Court as it is a part of his presidential duties.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. It was more a mugging than a voluntary contribution.

[LuvLoogie]

3. If it really is gold he's going take it with him.

He'll leave fake stuff in it's place.

[WarGamer]

4. Much of those titems were in White House storage... some dating back to Adams.

[senseandsensibility]

7. I remember they claimed that at the beginning of the "redecoration"

but much more has been added since. And in trump's own words, I can't tell you have much it costs present tense.

[WarGamer]

13. yup there is the infamous "Gold Guy" who has literally done work at M-A-L who now has items in the Oval

Tacky ass shit...

I understand historic interior design but in modern times it looks tacky to most folks.

[Vinca]

5. I think it's all balsa wood doodads from the craft store spray painted gold.

[BoRaGard]

6. Media needs to DEMAND the costs. That's public $

How much did the republicon golf cheat squander on his golden cage?

media is so tragically submissive.

[Coolgoober]

8. Ross

I know people who decorate their houses entirely using items purchased at Ross Dress For Less. No judgement from me. But it looks like the Whitehouse (Trump) is using Ross to decorate the Oval Office. Seems kind of cheap to me.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Any actual gold...

Probably has his teeth marks in it.

[JCMach1]

14. Gold leaf is just as cheap and superficial as he is.