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In reply to the discussion: Trump gloats over the gold trim in the Oval Office. Dork! [View all]yellowdogintexas
(23,726 posts)30. Need to inventory all the gold vases, etc and make sure they go back to the Vermeil Room and not to
Mar a Lardo when he leaves. Those pieces belong to the White House and were a gift during the Eisenhower Administration. Mrs Kennedy used the vases for cut flowers at various events.
Bring back the Ivy on the mantel piece and strip that gaudy gold garbage off the front of the mantel
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At least some of the gold items belong to the White House, Some of it may have come from Mar a Lard O
yellowdogintexas
May 2025
#9
It's going to be quite a job, in 2029, to remove all that gold leaf from the walls.
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2025
#13
Especially the pieces on the fireplace front. Marble's porous and the
allegorical oracle
May 2025
#40
Did someone say "kitsch"? All that's missing is the Elvis on black velvet and golden running shoes.
Ping Tung
May 2025
#14
It can have its drawbacks. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were very fond the gilt of Versailles.
Ping Tung
May 2025
#19
trump made the Oval Office look like Liberace died in a Motel 6 and they spray-painted everything gold
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2025
#21
Need to inventory all the gold vases, etc and make sure they go back to the Vermeil Room and not to
yellowdogintexas
May 2025
#30
Hideous! Viktor Yanukovych comes to mind When he was ousted and fled from Ukraine
KitFox
May 2025
#34
Don't forget the records/receipt book that belonged to Paul Manafort that
allegorical oracle
May 2025
#42
These people are freakin nuts !!! Money doesn't make everyone top level brain eead
uponit7771
May 2025
#36