What Does Trump's White House Look Like Inside? Photos, Decorations And Views In The New Oval Office
This story was updated March 10, 2017 with details about the recent re-opening of the White House to visitors.
President Donald Trump was scheduled to take his official portrait in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday. But just five days into Trump's presidency, that Oval Office — and the White House at large — looked a bit different than it did under former President Barack Obama.
The new president, who at times led a hermetic life in New York City's Trump Tower, was apprehensive but adjusting to living in the White House, according to a story from the New York Times Wednesday. He apparently likes the "board rooms," a possible reference to the Cabinet Room and the Roosevelt Room, as well as the Lincoln Bedroom.
The New York Times also noted a change made by Trump, who selected a portrait of President Andrew Jackson to hang in the Oval Office. Trump has also shifted the curtains in the office, switching from Obama's crimson to gold. TMZ noted that Trump's curtains look like they are the same ones former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton chose when she was first lady in 1993. The new president also returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office, and, despite initial reports that stated otherwise, has kept a bust of Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump has also reportedly switched gray couches in favor of gold couches. Photos also show he has replaced a gray oval rug installed by Obama with a beige, gold-ish rug apparently from the President George W. Bush era.
It was unclear what else, if anything, Trump will change about the White House. Obama hired a designer when his family moved in and presidents are allotted $100,000 to redecorate both the Oval Office and the private residence. But Trump previously said he wouldn't change up too much about the White House.
"If I were elected, I would maybe touch it up a little bit," he told People in an article published the day of the election. "But the White House is a special place."
The White House re-opened to visitors in early March, and the president himself even stopped in to greet the first group of tourists to be allowed in . The group of 50 or so people applauded Trump as he stood underneath a portrait of Hillary Clinton, the president’s election opponent and former first lady.
"I am excited to reopen the White House to the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come each year," Melania Trump said in a statement. "The White House is a remarkable and historic site, and we are excited to share its beauty and history."
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