'Want to see the Lincoln bedroom?': Trump relishes role as White House tour guide
When President Trump brings senators, New York friends or other guests to the Oval Office, he occasionally opens a door near his desk summoning guests to follow. Flashing a grin, he wants his friends to see where Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton reportedly began their sexual encounters.
Weve remodeled it since then, he said on a tour in December, a person with direct knowledge of the event said. In another visit in 2017, Trump told a TV anchor, Im told this is where Bill and Monica. . . stopping himself from going further, according to a new book by former White House aide Cliff Sims, Tale of Vipers, which was obtained by The Washington Post ahead of its publication Tuesday.
Three other people who have embarked on a tour with Trump say he has made similar comments regarding Clinton and Lewinsky, laughing and making facial expressions. The subject often leads to lengthy, sometimes crass conversations, aides say.
Often spending days ensconced in the presidential residence, Trump relishes giving tours to acquaintances and strangers by the hundreds, bragging all the while about improving it while he lives there, according to nearly a dozen visitors and current and former White House aides, most of whom requested anonymity to reveal details of the private events. With dangling new chandeliers and imported art work added during his tenure, sightseeing with guests in the White House is among his favorite activities, they said.
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