Donald Trump has a well-documented preference for surrounding himself with gold, and you can see that in the White House now. Trump's changes to the Oval Office for his second term have included adding a lot of gold accents. It's not to everyone's taste, but Trump is out here defending the updates. On August 22, Trump announced from the Oval Office that the live drawing for the 2026 World Cup will happen at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He got off track from the announcement as he talked about renovating the Kennedy Center and started talking about the Oval Office. "You see the way this is looking," Trump said as he gestured around him, "I can't tell you how much that gold costs. A lot of money. ... This beautiful office needed it.... When we took it over it was dirty, not clean
Trump Gushes Over His Gilded Oval Office & Insults Biden In The Process (Per Usual)

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