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.