Discussion on White House Decor Changes

I think there'll have to be

some, uh, you'll probably have to take down the

arch, uh,

which he is determined to put up, which I think is just, just

a terrible d- idea. I think we'll have to worry about the

reflecting pool because it's not gonna be fixed by the time he leaves,

assuming he leaves. So there's gonna be a long list.

I'm making a list for the next Congress.

Oh, are you making a list? Are you gonna de-gold the horses,

those horses?

De-gold the horses, take down the-

Have you seen them up close?

... stick-on gold. Yeah, I saw-

It's crazy

... I saw a picture. I saw a picture.

Feels like Saddam Hussein. I mean, seriously.

It is like... You know what? That's a very, uh...

You know, when I was in Baghdad after, uh, the fall of,

uh,

Saddam Hussein, I had meetings. I was then a senator.

I had meetings in some of his palaces, and they were

quite reminiscent of, uh, what we are seeing in our

own White House. I- it's just

insane.

Is that hard for you to watch?

It's, it's sad.

Or do you just say like, "I'll take down the gold"?

You know what? It's sad to me. It's sad that it's so tackied up,

and it is ref- it's a reflection of, you know,

his narcissistic personality and his need to-

Right

... feel important, including sticking

gold, uh, embellishments all over the walls of the-

Yeah

... Oval Office