Ever since Donald Trump started his second term, the White House has been changing fast, and not in a subtle way. Bit by bit, he’s filling it with flashy gold furniture and over-the-top decor, even tearing down parts of the building to suit his taste. What was once a symbol of service and dignity now looks more like a luxury hotel lobby crossed with a theme park.
The Oval Office used to feel calm and serious, a place that reminded everyone the President works for the people. But now? It’s the kind of room where Marie Antoinette herself would probably lounge on a velvet sofa, eating cake and admiring the gold trim. Trump even gave Fox News host Laura Ingraham a proud tour, bragging about how special his new decor was.
“You can’t imitate gold,” he boasted. “This is not paint. This is not Home Depot stuff.”
Unfortunately for him, the internet immediately noticed that much of his “real gold” furniture looked suspiciously similar to the items sold at, you guessed it, Home Depot.
People online joked that Trump probably got tricked by his decorators, paying top dollar for cheap, gold-colored knockoffs. One person summed it up perfectly: “Trump is dumb and surrounded by crooks.”
His defenders rushed in to argue that the Home Depot versions were just copies of the “originals” Trump bought. But after some digging, it turned out the materials he used were either cheap gold-colored paint or extremely thin gold foil sheets that cost less than ten dollars each. So, while the furniture looks flashy, it’s basically bargain-bin glamour dressed up as luxury.
If Trump ever finds out that his beloved “pure gold” office was made with discount materials, it’s going to be quite a scene. The man who can’t stop bragging about his wealth might soon discover he’s been sitting in a room full of glorified spray paint.