Gold curtains, crystal chandelier… How Donald Trump redecorated the White House

As soon as he returns to the White House, everything suggests that Donald Trump will once again leave his mark on the decoration so that it is more to his taste, like the splendor of his other residences, which are crumbling under the gilding… As documented by the Time in May 2017, the president's tastes are ostentatious to say the least. After getting rid of the modern art installed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, a fan of clean style, Donald Trump replaced them with classic oil paintings, while installing gold curtains in the Oval Office and a huge crystal chandelier in his dining room – paid for with his own money, as he proudly confirmed to our colleagues.

Still according to Timethe change the president was most delighted with was a huge flat-screen television measuring more than 150 centimeters, installed above the fireplace – in front of which he spent most of his time, according to the American press. the time… A gleaming, bling-bling and busy environment, bordering on kitsch, which the new president makes no secret of appreciating. Upon his arrival at the White House, Joe Biden had completely revisited the decoration, but in a much more symbolic way: in fact, the Democratic president had chosen to celebrate his own, human rights and diversity, highlighting in the spotlight are his family photos, as well as figures like the trade unionist Cesar Chavez, the activist Rosa Parks and the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

© Agency – BestimageDonald Trump in his office in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in January 2020
© Agency – BestimageMelania Trump at her Mar-a-Lago, Florida residence in January 2020

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump: decoration, a recurring subject of contention

If Melania Trump regularly complies with the wishes of her president husband, the fact is that her own tastes in decoration are entirely different. If she had happily posed with her son Barron for photos where we discover the little family in a room that seems made entirely of gold, or with a gold stroller in her hand, the First Lady prefers the “simple and modern lines”according to the New York Times. However, her husband does not hesitate to change the decoration as soon as she turns on his heel, Melania Trump has ended up resolving to conform to the tastes of her spouse, whether he likes it or not. And the latter was quick to come to her defense when the First Lady sparked controversy with her Christmas decorations…

Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias

Photo credits: Zuma Press/Bestimage

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