#oval-office

#oval-office

US presidents have redecorated the Oval Office in different ways since it was first built in 1909. Most presidents have sat at the Resolute Desk, but others brought in their own personal furniture. President Donald Trump has added numerous gold embellishments to the Oval Office. It's been nearly 100 years since the Oval Office was first built under President William Howard Taft. Throughout that time, US presidents have each made different design choices to redecorate the formal workspace.

The event was much anticipated as blood sport, a showdown between a young communist and an old despot, to use their favored insults for each other. Instead, the two men put on such a show of good manners that at times I had to laugh out loud at the stagecraft. After a closed-door meeting, Trump and Mamdani summoned the press, and there was Uncle Donnie seated behind his desk in the Oval Office, beaming as his favorite nephew, Zohran, stood by his right shoulder