Trump, White House and Ukraine
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Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has directed several major renovations at the White House. Trump redesigned the previously minimalist Oval Office, making some of the most significant changes to the room's appearance in modern presidential history, adding gold medallions, gold vermeil figurines, gold eagles, and gilded Rococo mirrors.
Donald Trump was emphatic on the campaign trail in 2016: If he made it into office, he would “drain the swamp” with an expansive ethics package cracking down on lobbying. Most of those proposals quickly went by the wayside. On the campaign trail again almost a year ago, Trump decried Washington’s revolving door as a “big problem.”
President Donald Trump made a surprise return to the popular video app TikTok with three montages posted to a new official @whitehouse account Tuesday night.
The musician described the Oval Office as a "vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler's dressing room."
The White House launched its official TikTok account despite the looming deadline for the Chinese-owned app to be sold or banned in the U.S.
Republican strategists say that if they throw in popular phrases such as “working families” and “tax cuts,” voters will embrace the deeply unpopular legislation.
White, now a solo artist, once owned a furniture business, while Trump, a real estate magnate, has long been known to favor a flashy, Rococo aesthetic. The pair's divergence on matters of style may come as no surprise, as the singer's sartorial choices have traditionally leaned into a more cool-toned emo look.