Overview

• During a July 8 cabinet meeting, Trump halted agenda items to lead an impromptu walkthrough of the renovated space.
• He personally selected presidential portraits and decorative ceiling medallions from the White House Vault to illustrate a curated lineage.
• Trump debated applying gold leaf to the room’s top moldings after deeming paint unable to replicate true gold.
• He invoked his authority to relocate a grandfather clock from Secretary Rubio’s office in the State Department to the Cabinet Room.
• The Cabinet Room refresh caps his March Oval Office overhaul and underscores his challenge to longstanding White House furnishing norms.