Trump's Oval Office redesign includes $58 Home Depot plastic spray-painted gold, internet sleuths say

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 09 September 2025 15:32 EDT


President Donald Trump’s brag that he transformed the Oval Office into a “24-karat gold” paradise, dripping in ornate decor, has seemingly been debunked by Internet sleuths who say the new furnishings are actually cheap plastic bought at Home Depot.

As shiny gold vermeil figurines were placed on the mantel, medallions on the fireplace, and gold eagles on the side tables, some eagle-eyed sleuths zeroed in on the Oval Office’s wall and fireplace trimmings. According to the skeptics, several of those trimmings are actually plastic molds bought at Home Depot and painted in gold, Inside Edition reported.

The plastic embellishments, sold at the popular hardware and home improvement store as “polyurethane applique & onlay molding,” retail for $58.07, according to The Mirror.

While the item is primed in white, Internet sleuths say it was likely coated in gold paint or leaf before being installed in the White House. Other newer details in the White House also appear to match another only that retails for $30.79, according to Buzzfeed.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-home-depot-gold-b2823190.html

[fujiyamasan]

1. Good to know

When he’s out of office this tacky shit can be torn out easily. It’s so fitting. Everything he says is a lie. Everything he does is a con.

[thesquanderer]

12. If and when he leaves the oval, he'll sell these pieces for a ton of money as collectibles.

Unlike the classified documents he took with him last time, nobody is going to care if he takes this stuff with him.

[HeartsCanHope]

43. Saw this on Geroge Takei's Bluesky feed. Thought you'd appreciate it!

And it’s a fine one.

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-09-06T20:43:53.935Z

[elleng]

2. OVAL OFFICE to be 'decorated' by Home Depot in GOLD!!!!

[irisblue]

3. Tacky mofo

[the nelm]

16. Or "Tacky-TACO-mofo" n/t

[irisblue]

17. Ohhhh well said.👏👏👏👏

[Trueblue1968]

39. Tacky Mofo who happens to be a Lying Ho MutherHucker

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Cheap and plastic

Just like its designer.

[llmart]

10. And Melania.

[Shipwack]

5. Not surprising, but more important:

Did someone with ties to Trump (or maybe himself?) charge the government $500 in material costs for this dreck, then pocket the difference?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. That is EXACTLY what probably happened or they were overbilled as actual "finished" items (versus as "material costs" )

[Paladin]

11. Unquestionably, trump and/or his crew made some illegal money off this ruse.

The trump whores in the mainstream media probably won't report it, but it happened.

[LeftInTX]

21. Yeah, I was gonna LOL at the post, but didn't think of this.

[underpants]

28. Donald Trump Flew In His 'Gold Guy' to Give the White House a Mar-a-Lago Makeover

A piece in The Wall Street Journal published on April 16 revealed that the politician, 78, enlisted cabinetmaker John Icart, who has worked on projects at Mar-a-Lago, to add gold finishes throughout the White House.

https://people.com/donald-trump-flew-in-gold-guy-white-house-makeover-11718960

[Attilatheblond]

31. Guessing he 'made a deal' with the tacky accents guy, pretended it was all wood & 24K, bill us for that pretend cost

and split the windfall with his tacky accents guy.

AUDIT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH!

[markie]

6. wouldn't matter

if it were real gold... would be tacky nonetheless

[Irish_Dem]

8. I bet Trump's decorator charged the US taxpayer top dollar for this trash.

And of course Trump got his cut of the profits.

[popsdenver]

33. Or

most likely/probable, the had the contractor grossly inflate the price, and then "stiffed" the contractors for the bill, like he has done his entire life with work on his properties..........

[Irish_Dem]

35. Yes something along these lines.

Steal everything in sight while screwing everyone in sight.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Was Dollar General closed?

[LeftInTX]

22. LOL!!! LOL!! LOL!!! I was a Dollar General/Big Lots "art" collector.

Seriously...They had a lot of cute stuff. Their stuff was painted with real paint, not prints. No two paintings were exactly alike.
Their frames were gold.

Those days are long gone. Big Lots ended up going with giant photos and prints like the other big box stores. DG also discontinued their paintings and went with plaques and prints.

It was pretty good stuff for a few bucks!!

[Ray Bruns]

13. If it's cheap, tacky, and gaudy, it's TRUMP!

[chouchou]

14. A Phony rinky-dinky office deserves a Phony rinky-dinky President.

[VanceFan]

15. Trash

Trump has all the taste of a cracked gold plated toilet that has not been cleaned in a year.

[douglas9]

18. Shop this look: Buy cheap, faux gold dupes of Oval Office decor

BARGAIN BAROQUE

Some of the gold decorations in the Oval Office look... very similar to items we found for sale on a Chinese marketplace.

Since President Donald Trump moved back into the White House in January, it has undergone some major decorative changes. The Swedish ivy that perched upon the mantle has been replaced with golden vases from the White House collection. And the room, overall, has just gotten noticeably more shiny and gold.

Looking at photos taken in the Oval Office this week with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, we noticed several decorative medallions applied to the marble fireplace, and the same ones stuck on the wall under portraits in gilded frames.

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A quick photo search on Alibaba showed many such “decorative appliqués” available in white and gold. We came across one item that looks very much like the ones all over the Oval Office.

This “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited on Alibaba is a dead ringer. The decorations are available in many colors: “matte white most, or gold, silver, antique gold or bronze, mixed color, customized color.”

The price? Between $1 and $5 apiece (but the minimum order is 50 items). And that isn’t accounting for the steep 145% tariffs that Trump recently slapped on Chinese imports




https://sherwood.news/power/shop-this-look-buy-cheap-faux-gold-dupes-of-oval-office-decor/

[LeftInTX]

23. Alibaba...LOL!!!

[Scrivener7]

19. And they look every inch of it.

[Vinca]

20. Just wait. He'll be plastering this tacky shit all over his new ballroom, too. If you could assess a property value

on the White House, it would decrease with every stuck-on plastic ornament.

[Deminpenn]

24. Cafone

nt

[twodogsbarking]

25. The White House commented saying that they were imported and will last for hundreds of years in a landfill.

[proud patriot]

26. Tacky Trashy trashcan trump

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

27. "While boasting his renovations earlier this year, Trump said the room "becomes more and more beautiful with love, with

While boasting his renovations earlier this year, Trump said the room “becomes more and more beautiful with love, with great love and 24-carat gold that always helps too.”

[Blue Owl]

29. Better not call it out too loudly

Otherwise Dump will order replacements in real gold and fucking charge us taxpayers for it. He can wallow in his cheap gaudy trash until the next admin comes in.

[vapor2]

30. Who knew? I'm waiting for the awful Christmas decor by Malaria

[barbtries]

32. the good thing about this is

it's cheap. he's spending our Treasury as if it grows on trees and is endless.

[Hekate]

34. That gives me hope that the trash can be removed with out too much effort and damage

[Grins]

36. "...it was likely coated in gold paint OR leaf...". Well, which is it?

There’s a HUGE cost difference between the two.

[vankuria]

37. Home Depot?

That’s an upgrade, I thought it was from the Dollar Tree.

[Glorious bastard]

38. "The medium is the message"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message

Never been more applicable: cheap and tacky.

[2na fisherman]

40. Real Gold

At least he isn't raiding Fort Knox and using real gold bullion for his gilded palace despot decor.

[Butterflylady]

41. Makes the Oval Office....

Look like a brothel......

[AdamGG]

42. He probably billed the taxpayers for real 24-karat gold, though n/t