A replica of Donald Trump’s Oval Office goes for the gold in Washington DC
The tourist attraction just unveiled an elaborate, full-scale overhaul to match Trump’s second-term aesthetic Sitting behind a replica Resolute Desk, nine-year-old Sydney Wright posed for the camera like a future US president. “I love it,” she smiled. And what about the dazzling gold appliqués, gold leaf and gold trim surrounding her? “It’s cool.” Sydney was among a steady stream of visitors on Thursday to The People’s House: A White House Experience , an interactive museum – with an orientation
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The tourist attraction just unveiled an elaborate, full-scale overhaul to match Trump’s second-term aesthetic
Sitting behind a replica Resolute Desk, nine-year-old Sydney Wright posed for the camera like a future US president. “I love it,” she smiled. And what about the dazzling gold appliqués, gold leaf and gold trim surrounding her? “It’s cool.”
Sydney was among a steady stream of visitors on Thursday to The People’s House: A White House Experience, an interactive museum – with an orientation film narrated by The West Wing star Martin Sheen – at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, just 150 yards from the real thing.
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- 102 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 10, 2026
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- David Smith in Washington
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- The Guardian