Overview
- In a clip for Laura Ingraham’s Fox News tour, Trump said “you can’t imitate gold” and rejected that the trims were “Home Depot stuff.”
- Online investigators posted side‑by‑side images of Oval Office appliques and a $58 moulding sold by Home Depot that appear to closely match.
- Inside Edition reported an interior designer’s view that metallic spray paint on off‑the‑shelf pieces could achieve the same look seen in the room.
- A White House official previously told The Daily Beast the decor uses high‑quality gold and that Trump is paying for it himself, with no taxpayer funds.
- Critics mocked the lavish aesthetic during a period of higher household costs, and some users left joking reviews on the Home Depot product page, while questions about the total cost and provenance remain unanswered.