Oval Office already redecorated! No gag. He really did it.
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Ragnarok
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Putin: Why Would Trump Use Russian Hookers When He’s Had Sex With Beautiful Women?
Russian president Vladimir Putin, reacting to the infamous 35-page dossier on Donald Trump that was chock-full with outrageous accusations, including one that stated Trump hired Russian prostitutes to urinate on the bed Barack and Michelle Obama used, issued his own commentary on the situation:
Putin continued by likening those who released the dossier to prostitutes, asserting, “Prostitution is an ugly social phenomenon . . . but people who order such fakes, which are now used against the elected president of the United States, fabricate information and use it in the political struggle, they are worse than prostitutes. They have no moral limits.”
Putin also stated that the Obama Administration was doing its best to engender belief among Americans that Trump’s presidency was illegitimate:
Putin also took the occasion to trumpet the talents of Russia’s red-light district women as he protested that Russia’s intelligence agencies were not connected to Trump:
Trump, when he came to Moscow a few years ago, was not a politician. We did not even know about his political ambitions. He was just a businessman, one of the richest men in America. Is someone really thinking that our intelligence agencies are chasing every American billionaire, or what? Of course not. It’s just a complete nonsense . . . I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.
Only the best when you come to Russia.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/12499/putin-why-would-trump-use-russian-hookers-when-hes-hank-berrien
Doomer Doug
TB Fanatic
Wow. One entire year just to overhaul the Oval Office. Of course, they might have trouble getting all the semen stains from Bill Clinton's use of it as the Oral Office!
Has Karl Rove ever been right about anything? If right this time, that's a first!
OldARcher
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http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...urchill-bust/633c8ebce4cccc737e6e83391eb1c50d
Trump gives Oval Office a makeover, reinstalls Churchill bust
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January 21, 2017 09:49
US President Donald Trump has given a makeover to the Oval Office withing hours of moving in to the White House as he reinstalled a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and introduced some other changes.
The bust was removed to outside the Treaty Room in the private residence of the White House from the Oval Office in 2009 under Trump's predecessor Barack Obama.
Trump, however, has retained the bust of Martin Luther King Jr, brought to the Oval Office by Obama.
Inside the Oval Office, Trump is also using the famous Resolute desk, an 1,880 gift from Queen Victoria and first used in the Oval by John F Kennedy. It is now being used by its Seventh President.
According to a White House pool report, the drapes in the Oval Office have been replaced. This morning they were crimson. Now they are gold.
Additionally, a bust of Teddy Roosevelt is in one of the bookshelves. Some of the artwork have also been swapped.
According to a CNN report, some paintings have also been replaced by Trump, including two by the door by Edward Hopper
WASHINGTON—It took just a few hours for President Donald Trump to give the Oval Office a makeover, including some fresh gold trim.
There were changes from floor to ceiling as the White House brought reporters into the Oval Office on Friday evening for the first time since Trump became president at noon. He was signing an executive order and other paperwork in his first major acts as president.
Read more: Trump’s first executive order aims to repeal Obamacare
Gone was the giant, circular “quote rug” that took up most of the room when Barack Obama was in charge, featuring quotes attributed to former presidents lining the perimeter. It was replaced by a golden rug with garland edges that appeared to be the same design as the “sunburst” rug George W. Bush had when he was president.
The curtains, crimson only hours before, are gold now, too. Some of the furniture appeared to be different, although Trump kept the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades.
A famed Winston Churchill bust, long a thorn in Obama’s side, was back. Obama had been criticized for removing the bust depicting the beloved British prime minister. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson once asserted Obama had returned the bust to the British Embassy in a snub to the close U.S. ally.
But Obama said he’d merely moved it to make room for a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. Obama said Churchill’s figure was on display prominently outside his private office, where he could see it every day.
The MLK bust remained in the Oval Office on Friday. Trump spokesman Sean Spicer tweeted a photo of it sitting on a small wooden desk in the Oval Office, and said White House chief of staff Reince Priebus had taken the photo.
A president has wide latitude to decorate his office and the executive mansion as he sees fit. Congress generally approves funds to replace aging furnishings and keep the building looking sharp. A president can also use his own funds on furnishings if he desires.
Most presidents use rugs and furnishings already in the White House collection, according to the White House Historical Association. The collection also has an extensive array of art, and presidents often borrow art from museums or galleries.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...urchill-bust/633c8ebce4cccc737e6e83391eb1c50d
Trump gives Oval Office a makeover, reinstalls Churchill bust
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January 21, 2017 09:49
US President Donald Trump has given a makeover to the Oval Office withing hours of moving in to the White House as he reinstalled a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and introduced some other changes.
The bust was removed to outside the Treaty Room in the private residence of the White House from the Oval Office in 2009 under Trump's predecessor Barack Obama.
Trump, however, has retained the bust of Martin Luther King Jr, brought to the Oval Office by Obama.
Inside the Oval Office, Trump is also using the famous Resolute desk, an 1,880 gift from Queen Victoria and first used in the Oval by John F Kennedy. It is now being used by its Seventh President.
According to a White House pool report, the drapes in the Oval Office have been replaced. This morning they were crimson. Now they are gold.
Additionally, a bust of Teddy Roosevelt is in one of the bookshelves. Some of the artwork have also been swapped.
According to a CNN report, some paintings have also been replaced by Trump, including two by the door by Edward Hopper
WASHINGTON—It took just a few hours for President Donald Trump to give the Oval Office a makeover, including some fresh gold trim.
There were changes from floor to ceiling as the White House brought reporters into the Oval Office on Friday evening for the first time since Trump became president at noon. He was signing an executive order and other paperwork in his first major acts as president.
Read more: Trump’s first executive order aims to repeal Obamacare
Gone was the giant, circular “quote rug” that took up most of the room when Barack Obama was in charge, featuring quotes attributed to former presidents lining the perimeter. It was replaced by a golden rug with garland edges that appeared to be the same design as the “sunburst” rug George W. Bush had when he was president.
The curtains, crimson only hours before, are gold now, too. Some of the furniture appeared to be different, although Trump kept the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades.
A famed Winston Churchill bust, long a thorn in Obama’s side, was back. Obama had been criticized for removing the bust depicting the beloved British prime minister. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson once asserted Obama had returned the bust to the British Embassy in a snub to the close U.S. ally.
But Obama said he’d merely moved it to make room for a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. Obama said Churchill’s figure was on display prominently outside his private office, where he could see it every day.
The MLK bust remained in the Oval Office on Friday. Trump spokesman Sean Spicer tweeted a photo of it sitting on a small wooden desk in the Oval Office, and said White House chief of staff Reince Priebus had taken the photo.
A president has wide latitude to decorate his office and the executive mansion as he sees fit. Congress generally approves funds to replace aging furnishings and keep the building looking sharp. A president can also use his own funds on furnishings if he desires.
Most presidents use rugs and furnishings already in the White House collection, according to the White House Historical Association. The collection also has an extensive array of art, and presidents often borrow art from museums or galleries.
You have to be kidding. Have you been off the internet? TV broken?
The entire world knows that is a FAKE STORY and they know who put it out!
Why did you post that?
Dobbin
Faithful Steed
I think the best that can be said is the Oval Office is a "work in progress."
Sort of like the incoming Administration.
With the emphasis on WORK - not equality.
About time - you deserve better as equality doesn't pay the bills.
And neither will Uncle Trump going forward.
Dobbin
Sort of like the incoming Administration.
With the emphasis on WORK - not equality.
About time - you deserve better as equality doesn't pay the bills.
And neither will Uncle Trump going forward.
Dobbin
Melodi
Disaster Cat
Yes, my understanding is that he will actually have to work in the building next door for most of the next year; but the symbolism of changing at least the drapes, the rugs, the chairs etc makes a good presentation and doesn't take that long to put up and then take down again after the photo ops.
I am also pretty sure this is intentional partly because Obama put off having the renovations done partly (probably) to force Trump next door; by doing this he is showing "I'll do it my way thanks."
I like the decor, in general I've noticed that Democrats tend to go for loud flashy colors (sometimes it is Ok, sometimes it is garish to me) but Republicans often go for browns and pastels which I think are boring - the gold is sort of Trump's signature color and it suits him perfectly - the layout is bold and conservative at the same time.
He's got a great decorator whomever put this together...
I am also pretty sure this is intentional partly because Obama put off having the renovations done partly (probably) to force Trump next door; by doing this he is showing "I'll do it my way thanks."
I like the decor, in general I've noticed that Democrats tend to go for loud flashy colors (sometimes it is Ok, sometimes it is garish to me) but Republicans often go for browns and pastels which I think are boring - the gold is sort of Trump's signature color and it suits him perfectly - the layout is bold and conservative at the same time.
He's got a great decorator whomever put this together...
What Night Driver said. The changes made are what the White House staff does for every new family moving into the White House.
Done in 6 hours or less - from the time the Obama's left in the morning from the a.m. tea that they hosted for the Trumps, until the Trumps came in to use the potty before the parade yesterday afternoon - and yes, the White House staff deserves all kinds of credit for the work they do.
Done in 6 hours or less - from the time the Obama's left in the morning from the a.m. tea that they hosted for the Trumps, until the Trumps came in to use the potty before the parade yesterday afternoon - and yes, the White House staff deserves all kinds of credit for the work they do.
NoName
Veteran Member
And watermelon juice stains on the carpet behind the Resolution Desk, LOL
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
A human alone...
Interesting source for this pix - PBS?
Dobbin
Is there snow on the ground in DC?
The drapes don't look the same, the ones in the second photo have a dark trim towards the edges.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
it's an angel carrying someone, not sure who exactly looks like a male figure though.
The one where he's signing things is the one I saw in the story.
2Trish
Veteran Member
Compare the differences, like you find in magazines. There are quite a few. Table to the furthest left man is different, valances are different, no pictures on the back table, President's chair is different, phone system id different, I'm sure there's much more.
hunybee
Veteran Member
this is from vipper over at the TOL
Resembles Bush's decor I think the sofa's are his old ones:
And the rug is Regan's:
And the drapes are Clinton's... He's reusing it all. I'm still looking for the chairs...
The chairs are Clinton's also they were reupholstered or the original ones from below and these are just the same style:
Grandfather Clock, various tables and side chairs reupholstered from Reagan's oval office:
Lamps are Clinton's and the chairs came from him also:
AlaskaSue
North to the Future
Border Guns
Veteran Member
I sure hope they were able to buff out the scratches on that beautiful desk from Duffuses shoes where he put his feet up on it. Stupid idiot, no respect for property.
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Limner
Deceased
Snip......
YUP!!!!
I'll bet all that stuff is stashed away in a warehouse with a computer pictorial inventory...and Trump just went in and picked what he liked, had some reupholstered WAY ahead of time. Then all he had to do was have his selections brought in, and BINGO. Instant decor change. Saved money, saved time, saved the history that some of these objects represented.
WIN!
Trump saving "us" money already
YUP!!!!
I'll bet all that stuff is stashed away in a warehouse with a computer pictorial inventory...and Trump just went in and picked what he liked, had some reupholstered WAY ahead of time. Then all he had to do was have his selections brought in, and BINGO. Instant decor change. Saved money, saved time, saved the history that some of these objects represented.
WIN!
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
this is from vipper over at the TOL
I think those chairs are from Carter's office.. And apparently according to the three minutes I have the news on there's an argument on that he had the bust of MLK removed from the oval office which is apparently not true. So it sounds like he took something from all of the living presidents oval offices to decorate with, a nod to previous presidents.