What exactly are those ugly gold reliefs above the oval

[Klarkashton]

Office fireplace? They look like weird fishbones or something. What are they supposed to be and why are they there? It's so goddamn horrible.
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[tanyev]

1. And my gawd, how fast do they replicate?

There seem to be more every time there’s a new photo of the Oval Office.

[Marie Marie]

3. I know - right? It's like an explosion of cheap plastic spray painted that phony gold color.

And it just keeps growing - like mold.

[TommyT139]

5. Two possibilities come to mind:

Visiting oligarchs and authoritarian dignitaries bring gold nuggets with them when they visit. Trump takes double stick tape and splats them on the wall, to be removed when he leaves, or when Jr. needs cocaine money.

or

Trump has kidnapped the golden goose of American exceptionalism, keeping it barely fed with a steady diet of spam and glitter. Chained to the chandelier, it can only fly around in tortured circles, crapping out a sticky substance that adheres to those walls that have seen so, so much.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. Picture??

[Klarkashton]

4. It was on TV.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

6. Someone scored some bargains at Joanne's craft store closings...

Some bad plaster or plywood goodies, a little gold spray paint, and voilà—nothing says “class” more than turn of the century bordello chic vomited on every surface. *eyeroll*

[Klarkashton]

7. They aren't at all pleasant to look at. They have a weird

Vibe to them.the aspect of golden alien exoskeleton. How is this possible,?

[buzzycrumbhunger]

10. Maybe they hit Joanne's when it was temporarily a Spirit Halloween?

*smirk*

I’ll have to keep an eye out for pix to have a better idea.

[Ocelot II]

8. Somebody gave him a glue gun and a gift card for Hobby Lobby.

Obviously there was plenty of gold spray paint left after he was done huffing.

[Totally Tunsie]

9. They make it feel like the walls are closing in - claustrophobic!

Perhaps someday they'll all grow tentacles and reach out and strangle the big oaf. A girl can dream, can't she?

[dalton99a]

11. Stupid shit

[pat_k]

12. IDK, but here are images from today's meeting with Carney

The gaudy tastelessness is beyond words.

But I'd gladly give him his appalling decor in exchange for a functioning executive branch. Too bad that deal is not in the cards.