The Trumpifying of the White House

Monday, May 5th, 2025

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Most are aware of the fact that Donald Trump has been making a number of changes to the White House, including, as Newsweek pointed out about the Oval Office, “…some of the most extensive changes to the room’s appearance in modern presidential history, adding gold vermeil figurines to the mantle, gold medallions affixed to the fireplace, gilded Rococo mirrors over the doors and gold eagles perched on side tables.” With over three more years to spend in the White House, who knows what other highly unorthodox changes he could have in mind?

For one thing, might the president go even further with the Oval Office, which has long been a symbol of inclusion and democracy, and totally reconfigure it to the Triangle Office, since to the ancient Egyptians the triangle was an emblem of Godhead…plus, it’s also the symbol of an athletic body type, which could be particularly important to this president (that is, if he doesn’t realize that the athletic shape is an inverted triangle with wide shoulders and a narrow waist, not his triangle shape, with a narrower top and the bottom getting wider and wider…”pear-shaped,” as it would be referred to…behind his back.)

Could President Trump also suggest changing the name of the Resolute Desk to the Retribution Desk, and even when he’s reminded (or informed) that Resolute wasn’t just an arbitrary name but referred to the British ship that was decommissioned in 1879 and whose timbers were used to construct the Resolute desk which was then given as a gift to the United States, might he respond, “Well, then let’s change the name of one of our ships to The Retribution and take some wood from it and make a few changes to the desk, and then we can call it the Resolute Retribution Desk…which would be perfect, since I’m resolute to seek retribution.”

And who knows, while riding home from one of his many weekly rounds of golf, Mr. Trump may suddenly be inspired to have still another portrait of himself (there are three already) hang in the White House: one of him swinging a golf club. And though Melania, upon hearing this, may inform him of the fact that while a suit jacket can camouflage his girth, in golf garb it is quite pronounced, nevertheless isn’t it conceivable that the President might counter that since it’s a painting, the artist can make his body look any way Mr. Trump chooses…especially if he wants to remain in this country.

In addition to the president’s planned outdoor changes – two ultra-large flags on the lawn and transforming the Rose Garden into a patio – it’s quite possible that he’s considering others, including, as far-fetched as it may sound (to the normal person), the construction of a moat, since moats were used not only for defensive purposes but also as a display of wealth and status which served as a symbol of the owner’s prestige and power. And if he learns that there’s a moat around the Tower of London symbolizing the monarchy’s power, and one surrounding the Palace of Versailles to showcase the wealth and grandeur of France’s royal court, might that not clinch the deal, with him blurting out, “That does it, get me a moat-maker!”

Of course, there’s no telling what specific changes the president may currently have in mind, as well as what his vivid imagination may conjure up over the next few years. One can only hope that the White House remains the white house.

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