President Donald Trump gives the Oval Office a makeover – introducing some new gold trim
Some of the furniture appeared to be different too, although Trump kept the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades
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.
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 criticised 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 US ally.
But Obama said he’d merely moved it to make room for a bust of Martin Luther King Jnr. Obama said Churchill’s figure was on display prominently outside his private office, where he could see it every day.