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My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

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  • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

    My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

    (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

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    karenpeters@mastodon.social
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    #31

    Good grief. What has he done!

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    • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

      My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

      (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

      catsnfats@mastodon.worldC This user is from outside of this forum
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      catsnfats@mastodon.world
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      #32

      @Holberg I can’t wait to see that bust sport golden eyebrows.

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      • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

        My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

        (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

        coho@mountains.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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        coho@mountains.social
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        #33

        @Holberg
        These billionaires seem to all have horrendously tacky taste in decor.

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        • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

          My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

          (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

          nomdeb@mstdn.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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          nomdeb@mstdn.social
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          #34

          @Holberg He has spent his entire life desperately trying to belong to the cultured class, but everything he does screams the opposite. He must hate that even with the title of POTUS, those whose approval he most craves, will always look down on him.

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          • gizmonicus@defcon.socialG gizmonicus@defcon.social

            @mwyman @Holberg Worse, it makes the White House look like a goddamn royal palace. Or more accurately, what an intellectual toddler THINKS a royal palace looks like. The White House is specifically NOT a palace.

            liferstate@mas.toL This user is from outside of this forum
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            liferstate@mas.to
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            #35

            @gizmonicus @mwyman @Holberg Yes. I read this 2017 piece belatedly last year, and everything about the Trumpian aesthetic suddenly made sense.
            https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/trump-style-dictator-autocrats-design-214877/

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            • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

              My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

              (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

              kcsorenby@mstdn.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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              kcsorenby@mstdn.social
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              #36

              @Holberg 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮

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              • nomdeb@mstdn.socialN nomdeb@mstdn.social

                @Holberg He has spent his entire life desperately trying to belong to the cultured class, but everything he does screams the opposite. He must hate that even with the title of POTUS, those whose approval he most craves, will always look down on him.

                holberg@mstdn.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                holberg@mstdn.social
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                #37

                @nomdeb I agree. One of the reasons I think he’s just a combination of being profoundly stupid plus a narcissist is that any smart reasonably-well-adjusted man with that much money in the early ‘70s would’ve sought guidance, followed advice and entered society with ease.

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                • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                  My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                  (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

                  brianstorms@mastodon.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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                  brianstorms@mastodon.social
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                  #38

                  @Holberg

                  It’s like the cubicles of eBay, minus the tacky gold.

                  At eBay, everybody had a cubicle. It seemed like you were supposed adorn them with junk bought on … eBay. So people had Star Trek figurines, Simpsons miniatures, Beanie babies, beer bottle collections, unbelievable amounts of … face it … flair.

                  I bought a Bud Light Spuds Mackenzie dog light and that was the sole piece of flair in my cubicle.

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                  • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                    My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                    (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

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                    dodo_sipping@cupoftea.social
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                    #39

                    @Holberg you can't buy such a bad style. That must have been him.

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                    • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                      My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                      (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

                      snuffleupagus@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      snuffleupagus@mstdn.social
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                      #40

                      @Holberg I bet there isn’t a drop if gold there, it is all fake

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                      • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                        My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                        (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

                        drmike@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                        drmike@mastodon.social
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                        #41

                        @Holberg

                        Seems something like the #King Meidas counting room.... And we all know what happened to everything Meidas touched.
                        Same with Sir #TrumpVirus -
                        "Everything Trump Touches Dies" ✓

                        Like #democracy #justice #Constitution

                        The biggest piece of "junk", though, is right above the green tie of the creature seated on the right. His "big, beautiful, uh brain", with missing #ExecutiveFunctions like #reasoning and #planning, and deficiencies in #humanity & #morality too.

                        Junk. (Being kind)

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                        • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                          My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                          (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

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                          billyjoebowers@mastodon.online
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                          @Holberg

                          I know we always joke that Trump's decorating looks like he went to Michael's and bought a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold, but seriously, did they go to Michael's and buy a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold?

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                          • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                            My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                            (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

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                            deepmud@mas.to
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                            #43

                            @Holberg he needs medals, all kinds of gimcrack on his person. And maybe we'll all get lucky when he falls in a puddle

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                            • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                              My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                              (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

                              billyjoebowers@mastodon.onlineB This user is from outside of this forum
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                              billyjoebowers@mastodon.online
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                              #44

                              @Holberg

                              Third World dictators look at Trump's Oval Office and laugh at the tackiness.

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                              • mwyman@mastodon.socialM mwyman@mastodon.social

                                @gizmonicus @Holberg Trump wants it to resemble the Kremlin, or the palace in St. Petersburg. (He’s not high-class enough to think about Versailles.) And yeah, specifically not meant to be a palace.

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                                femme_mal@mstdn.social
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                                #45

                                @mwyman @gizmonicus @Holberg Can't help but think of this advertisement whenever I think of Trump's gold-leafed excess.

                                https://youtu.be/CjWYbcbpiWA

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                                • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                                  My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                                  (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

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                                  @Holberg seems like it would mask pee stains.

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                                  • holberg@mstdn.socialH holberg@mstdn.social

                                    My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

                                    (I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

                                    root@sms.cybik.moeR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    root@sms.cybik.moe
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                                    #47

                                    @Holberg oh please.

                                    Junk shops aren't THAT gaudy.

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                                    • billyjoebowers@mastodon.onlineB billyjoebowers@mastodon.online

                                      @Holberg

                                      I know we always joke that Trump's decorating looks like he went to Michael's and bought a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold, but seriously, did they go to Michael's and buy a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold?

                                      linuxfiend@vmst.ioL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      linuxfiend@vmst.io
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                                      @billyjoebowers @Holberg Yes.

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                                      • silvermoon82@wandering.shopS silvermoon82@wandering.shop

                                        @Holberg
                                        I have a theory about the suit thing. It's a dare; he dresses ridiculously on purpose, because he knows "you" won't be brave enough to laugh at him because he's so powerful and important.

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                                        liferstate@mas.to
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                                        #49

                                        @silvermoon82 I've seen a different take on the suits: that he only wants the most expensive suits, from ~luxury materials~ like silk. So the drape is weird, it wrinkles easily, it's never going to flatter his body type. Wool (or a similar weight fabric) would give him a better silhouette, but that's not ~luxury material~ so he won't have it. It's no more than amateur psychology but I think it holds up.

                                        @Holberg

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                                        • billyjoebowers@mastodon.onlineB billyjoebowers@mastodon.online

                                          @Holberg

                                          I know we always joke that Trump's decorating looks like he went to Michael's and bought a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold, but seriously, did they go to Michael's and buy a bunch of foam decorations and spray painted them gold?

                                          liferstate@mas.toL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          liferstate@mas.to
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                                          #50

                                          @billyjoebowers @Holberg To be fair, I think you can buy actual gold leaf at Michael's. There's only enough per package to laminate a single Trump steak. But it's real the way this Oval Office isn't.

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