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Ocelot II

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26. The ivy lives in a greenhouse, and the gold tchotchkes aren't golf trophies,

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 03:31 PM

Mar 2025

they're from other White House collections. https://archive.ph/eSUfC It's just that Trump loves gold, and he has no taste. His apartment in NYC looked like Versailles as redecorated by Saddam Hussein's pimp; he wants to be surrounded by gilded, Baroque stuff that Louis XIV might have thought excessive. Gold means wealth to him, and more than anything he wants to be seen as very, very rich. But that's the way the nouveau-riche think; old money doesn't do that. Their homes are furnished with expensive but unobtrusive heirlooms and their casual clothes are sometimes a little shabby. People who show off their wealth are considered gauche. And Trump is about as gauche as anyone could be.

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The growing legend of the missing Oval Office ivy [View all] milestogo Mar 2025 OP

The piece of shit probably threw it in the trash dalton99a Mar 2025 #1

Probably wanted to, but it's in a greenhouse on the WH grounds. Non-paywall link-- nilram Mar 2025 #28

King Krasnov's fake golf tophies? How republicon is that? BoRaGard Mar 2025 #2

EXACTLY my first thought Before I saw the photo PCIntern Mar 2025 #5

There is also new gold decorative trim on the yorkster Mar 2025 #3

Easier to clean off the ketchup. milestogo Mar 2025 #4

Nope--you're observant. A new swash of gold has been added to that mantel. Maybe someone else can allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #20

Ah hah... that's where I saw it. Footage of yorkster Mar 2025 #25

Lost? No. Sold? Most definitely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #6

This all reads like bad fiction. John Farmer Mar 2025 #7

It's bad. But unfortunately it is part of our reality. erronis Mar 2025 #14

When he was told the ivy had to stay, Trump probably personally threw it in the trash. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #8

I just hope some plant lover got hold of it and took it home before he could do that. milestogo Mar 2025 #9

I hope so too. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #10

Maybe Susie Wiles milestogo Mar 2025 #12

I imagine staff have to hide the historic national treasures from Trump. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #16

Just thinking the same thing. Alice B. Mar 2025 #11

Have been following this story. DJT invaded the WH "Vermeil Room". He traded out the ivy for allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #13

I think his taste buds lie closer to his posterior sphincter. erronis Mar 2025 #17

It's like he's living in the age of Columbus milestogo Mar 2025 #21

He is the personification of bad taste. LisaM Mar 2025 #15

So true. Have read that he promised to save those friezes, but didn't. He's such a liar. allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #23

And comparing the elegant Bonwit Teller building to Trump Tower.. LisaM Mar 2025 #24

I hope they find it senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #18

The end of the article said it is in the greenhouse with KitFox Mar 2025 #19

Thanks, I didn't read to the end. milestogo Mar 2025 #22

I'm sure you're right! If he knew about the history of it, he KitFox Mar 2025 #29

The ivy lives in a greenhouse, and the gold tchotchkes aren't golf trophies, Ocelot II Mar 2025 #26

Yep. If folks bothered to read the article they would know that. onenote Mar 2025 #27