Gold in the White House, Donald Trump turns into king

« The Golden Age, » Trump calls his second term. It has got a literal meaning in the White House:

Since the takeover of power in January, Joe Biden’s sober interior has been given way to a style that shimmers of « royal abuse and the pursuit of revenge », to quote the New York Magazines analysis of the gilded interior.

Where visitor than attaches the eyes in the center of power it radiates: solid vases and urns in gold adorn the fireplace hobs in the oval room, magnificent gold mercury watches over door posts, glass bases with Trump’s name in golden capital letters prays on cancellation tables, the tile stove’s delicate carpentry has been filled with gold and all over gold and all over the walls.

People’s House on Pennsylvania Avenue 1600 in Washington DC is increasingly reminiscent of Mar-A-Lago, the president’s lavish residence and private member club in billionaires West Palm Beach. It’s no coincidence: Earlier this spring Trump allowed his so -called « Gold guy » from Florida On the presidential plane Air Force One, a fine carpenter who is now in the process of gilding the oval room’s all angles and springs during Trump’s supervision.

Each US president puts its own mark on the surface layers in the White House. Wallpaper, curtains and carpets are replaced. But Trump’s renovation is more pervasive than that: in addition to the gold, he intends to flatten the rose garden, so that female visitors do not get stuck with their stiletto heels in the grass and because Trump appreciates having dinner outdoors. He is investigating the possibility of building a ballroom in the presidential palace and wants to travel huge flagpoles outside.

These ongoing changes are more drastic than the procedures during his first term of office. It reflects his political development. This time, Trump seems to determine the decision to reverse American legal policy, security policy and the design of welfare. Trump should leave lasting imprints in the world. And throughout, he intends to strengthen the expense of presidential power at the institutions and power division and alliances.

In this sense, the gold reforms in the Oval space correlate with the decree he signs in the gilded environment: both the interior and the meaning of politics make the office more royal.

The aesthetic excesses also reflect the messages on social media, where Trump regularly spreads ai-generated images of himself in imperial shapes.

The film that embodies the president’s vision of the Gaza Strip as a private real estate paradise holds a highest statue depicting Trump as a golden patron. The other day, the White House spread a portrait of Trump as Pope, wearing gilded Mitra and with a huge gold cross on the neck. In the same spirit, Trump reproduced a false cover from Time Magazine where he appears in the light of New York’s skyscrapers wearing the gold crown above the heading « Long live the king ».

Journalist Katy Waldman – Like immersed itself in Trump’s use of AI images – Consider the president’s play with royal creatures as a way to re -reunite reality after Trump’s authoritarian fantasies.

« Gaz-A-Lago »-a trump-owned MAR-A-LAGO in Gaza City-is a shovel closer to the AI ​​movie where he and Elon Musk juggle with dollar bills against a fund of gold shimmering real estate complexes. Perhaps one should understand the gilding of the White House interiors in the same way: the gold gradually transforms the president into king; If walls, floors and ceilings shimmer in gold, it is finally only the crown on the head of the office holder.

In one Fresh interview with Fox News Laura Ingraham makes Trump a big number of gold cannot be imitated. No color, he claims, creates the same light as genuine gold. That claim seems to be rejected by Trump’s entire world, which shines in gold, from the logo of his private jet to the facade of his hotel in Las Vegas. But the message is thought -provoking: it implies that the various gold incarnations of him – such as Pope, or real estate cartridge in Gaza, or as an American monarch deserve a third term – are authentic. The gold in the portrait is genuine.

Trump’s desire for gold has was noticed by foreign leaders in need of American’s goodwill. In February Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in the White House with a gilded pagers as a gifta wink to the Israeli security service’s blasting of pagers in Lebanon. The same month Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba handed one Samurai helmet in gold. Britain’s leader Keir Starmer was a snap and more subtle: on a visit to the oval room, he handed over a letter from King Charles with an invitation to Buckingham Palace: Trump became soul -laid and this week he rewarded Britain with a draft trade agreement.