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brewens

(13,598 posts)
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 09:43 AM Dec 2017

Trump was only shown that presidential coin design as a gag according to sources

close to the White House. They had no idea he would actually choose that one. Once he fell in love with it, they were afraid to tell him it was a joke.

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Trump was only shown that presidential coin design as a gag according to sources (Original Post) brewens Dec 2017 OP
I'm calling bull to that. They know he's a toddler who is impressed with shiny & gauche gold objects. TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #1
Bullshit dalton99a Dec 2017 #2
Moses would shit! L. Coyote Dec 2017 #8
OMG! He's got his bedroom done up like the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles! hedda_foil Dec 2017 #11
Goodness That is Hideous erpowers Dec 2017 #13
Everything he does makes me gag, TheCowsCameHome Dec 2017 #3
That pic of Ms. Trump? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2017 #4
I agree, it really doesn't look like her spanone Dec 2017 #6
well, he certainly makes me gag spanone Dec 2017 #5
No designer would show a design they wouldn't want chosen. Demit Dec 2017 #7
I had a dream last night that I met him, and he gave me GreenPartyVoter Dec 2017 #9
He had a hand in the design ornotna Dec 2017 #10
I'm guessing those magazines are porn? left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #12
I believe those are Foreign Affairs. Maybe Seventeen dalton99a Dec 2017 #14
Good one left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #15
That furniture looks like to rococo stuff NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #16

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
11. OMG! He's got his bedroom done up like the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles!
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 11:35 AM
Dec 2017

And doesn't he hit hiss head on that chandelier whenever he goes into his living room?

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. Goodness That is Hideous
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 11:41 AM
Dec 2017

I do not understand how someone can live in a house that looks that way. Maybe you have to see it is person to see the beauty, but from the pictures it looks awful. Somehow his supporters think he has class and good taste. I disagree.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
7. No designer would show a design they wouldn't want chosen.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 10:58 AM
Dec 2017

Because inevitably the client will pick that one.

It's more likely that Trump was shown three or more possibilities and he picked elements from them all to make his own mashup. Clients love to do that, too.

ornotna

(10,803 posts)
10. He had a hand in the design
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 11:19 AM
Dec 2017
The aide said the president, whose real estate properties are known for their gilded displays of wealth and status, was personally involved in redesigning the coin. Trump, who also had a hand in creating his famous red campaign hat, "wanted to weigh in on it," the aide said. "It's beautifully made."


https://www.stripes.com/news/us/presidential-challenge-coin-undergoes-a-trumpian-makeover-1.503716


Edit to add this.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
16. That furniture looks like to rococo stuff
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 01:18 PM
Dec 2017

you see at those Big Lot furniture sales. The furniture nobody wants that they try to unload for cheap.

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