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This week, Donald Trump insulted U.S. allies at a NATO summit in Turkey and admitted that his Iran war isn’t really over. Obviously, this is very concerning. What if all this foreign-policy drama distracts the president from Job One, i.e., Trumpifying every square inch of the White House?
No need to worry! Trump spent Wednesday night dumping more than a dozen videos of renewed U.S. strikes on Iran to Truth Social. Midway through this posting spree, he took a break to share an update on his latest White House renovation:
Earlier this week, Trump posted a clip from the TV show The West Wing after U.S. Central Command described U.S. strikes on Iran as “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.” Trump seemed to dismiss this idea, as the clip showed fictional president Josiah Bartlet arguing for a “disproportional response” that lets America’s enemies know that when attacked, “we come back with total disaster!” (Later, Bartlet admits he was wrong, but it seems Trump did not watch the whole episode.)
It seems Trump unveiling this sign days after missing the point of a classic TV episode was a coincidence. He just wants people to know where the real West Wing is located. Over the past eight months, similar gold signs have gone up outside the Oval Office, the Rose Garden, and Trump’s new “Presidential Walk of Fame.” Sometimes the labels are even doubled up:
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This is yet another indication that after running out of room for gold stuff in the Oval Office, Trump is turning his focus to the executive mansion’s exterior. Last month, he revealed his plan to hang a golden eagle on the Truman Balcony:
This is just an AI-generated mock-up, but maybe Trump should add a giant gold sign for “The White House” too. Otherwise, people might assume the big white building with all the columns is called something like “The Eagle’s Nest.”