Trump Spent $1.75 Million on Presidential Furniture, Redecorations

[demmiblue]

Source: Newsweek

WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump administration is spending $1.75 million on furniture for the executive office, according to government procurement records.

That includes $17,000 for custom rugs, $7,000 for "furniture pedestals," and $5,000 for wallpaper. There’s also $12,800 for a custom conference table from a company that made one for former President Richard Nixon in 1969 ("Nixon paid for the table himself," the company's website notes).

New presidents typically redecorate, and the West Wing underwent significant renovations this summer. Still, the sum, since the inauguration, is slightly larger than the roughly $1.5 million spent by former President Barack Obama over a similar period of his time in his administration.

Obama made a point of paying for some White House furnishings out-of-pocket. It's unclear if Trump has done the same.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-spent-1-75-million-presidential-furniture-redecorations-n814551

[underpants]

1. He didn't pay for a damned thing

He's a cheap SOB.

Painted over wood paneling in an office she has business being in.

[demmiblue]

3. I do remember him bragging about buying a crystal chandelier, but who can ever trust what he says?!

Figures Ivanka paints over historic paneling. If it is historic, it shouldn't be allowed to be tampered with.

[riversedge]

2. ... Ivanka Trump,...had the historic wood paneling in her office covered with matte white paint.

Crap. covering word paneling with paint is a mortal sin in my book!!



...... Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and senior adviser, raised eyebrows among some in the West Wing when she had the historic wood paneling in her office covered with matte white paint.

In March Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting wasteful government spending. At the time Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said the order was designed to determine "where money is being wasted and how services can be improved."

Trump has denied reports that he called the White House "a real dump," tweeting in August that it is "one of the most beautiful buildings (homes) I have ever seen."

[demmiblue]

4. Especially historic wood paneling.

[not fooled]

10. I hope the damage can be undone

the offending paint stripped off and the original finish restored, once these hillbillies get kicked out of the People's House.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. It's a nouveau riche tasteless mistake. Typical of Trumps. . . nt

[Maeve]

5. OPM--Other People's Money--always and ever

Never mind that it's OUR money....

[PatSeg]

6. Oh yuck

That must mean he really thinks he is staying.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Exactly what I thought. yuk. n/t

[Still In Wisconsin]

7. I'll bet it's all tacky and ugly too, just like his schlumpy ill-fitting suits. n/t

[Bayard]

8. Trump-FINGER!

Everything turned to tacky gold.

Isn't there some kind of preservation society that would have stopped dimwit Ivanka from painting paneling? They'll never get that crap off now. Soaks into the grain of the wood.

[dembotoz]

9. with deadbeat trump those suppliers had better make sure they are not paid directly by trump

can not imagine now that he is pres how contractors would expect to get paid for anything

[left-of-center2012]

12. And Trump still says it's a "dump"?

[forgotmylogin]

13. The first paperwork in his tiny hands on Jan 20 was a curtain catalog.

Changed them to gold, because he laaaaves gooooold.



Do you think it'd scandalize his base to know whose curtains he's secondhanding?

[red dog 1]

14. Obama paid for some White House furnishings out-of-pocket

"It's unclear if Trump has done the same"?

Does anyone really think that "Trump has done the same"?


K&R

[Sunlei]

15. $12,800 for a custom conference table !! whats customized & needed by trump about a table?

foot warmer? toilet chairs? elbow rests?

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. It has to be extra-resistant to the bodily fluids spread around by the arselicking and brown-nosing

of his cabinet and flunkies.

[jmowreader]

18. It has room for Trump's throne at the head of it...

...and all the chairs at the sides of the table have back legs three inches shorter than the front ones - an intimidation technique.

[Justice]

19. I've no issue with renovating executive office. What I have an issue with is

Republicans criticizing Democrats who want to renovate anything. Cry out about using taxpayer funds.

Also Trump renovated within first 7 months whereas Obama did not renovate West Wing offices until summer of 2010 - more than 1.5 years into his term. So not "over a similar period of his term"

Obamas' did not use public funds or accept donations of goods for redecorating their private quarters. What about Trumps?