Under President Donald Trump, the Oval Office is looking more and more like the gilded Grand Ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
In addition to gold furnishings and accents, Trump has also added military flags, numerous pieces of artwork, and a button on his desk that summons a staffer with a Diet Coke.
He has also paved over the Rose Garden lawn, redecorated the Colonnade, and knocked down the East Wing to make way for a new ballroom, changes the president has described as necessary to update the White House and make it better suited to events and guests.
Take a look around Trump’s redecorated Oval Office.
Trump added gold signage and embellishments outside the Oval Office doors.
Gold signage outside the Oval Office.
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The gold lettering is set in Shelley Script font.
Trump chose to reinstall the Oval Office rug he used during his first term, which was originally designed for Ronald Reagan.
President Donald J. Trump speaks to a group of lawmakers before signing executive orders in the Oval Office, Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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The beige rug features rays of light emanating from the presidential seal in the center with olive branches along the outer border, symbolizing peace.
Reagan also appears on the wall to Trump’s left when he’s seated at the Resolute Desk.
WASHINGTON,DC – MARCH 6: President Trump by a portrait of Former President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.
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Artist Everett Raymond Kinstler painted the official presidential portrait of Reagan in 1991.
Trump has had a model of Air Force One painted in his preferred colors since his first White House term. It’s back in the Oval Office.
A model of the new Air Force One plane sits on the table as US President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.
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Boeing was supposed to deliver new VC-25B presidential planes in 2024, but delays have pushed the timeframe back to 2027 or 2028.
To hasten the upgrade, Trump accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari royal family in May 2025.
The plane was retrofitted, painted red, white, and blue, and designated as the VC-25B Bridge, the transitional aircraft between the old VC-25As, decades-old Boeing 747s, and the new VC-25Bs.
Questions about the new plane’s security and defensive capabilities intensified in early July after Trump switched to an older Air Force One for part of his return trip from a NATO summit in Turkey.
At the time, Trump said the switch was so US service members could see the plane; he later told reporters on July 19 that the 747 would be taken out of service for about a month to be “maxed out.”
While sitting at the Resolute Desk, Trump can order a Diet Coke with the press of a button.
A phone with gold embellishments on the Resolute Desk during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. The executive order establishes the Military Spouse Commission, which will be chaired by Jennifer Rauchet, wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and is meant to provide policy recommendations that would improve the quality of life of military spouses and families.
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Trump also had the red button, seen on the wooden block on the left, installed during his first term.
Trump added flags representing each branch of the US military behind the desk.
A presentation board is displayed behind the Resolute Desk after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lower drug prices with drug maker AstraZeneca at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2025.
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The flags of the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Navy are present, as well as the flag of the Space Force, which Trump established during his first term in 2019.
On the other side of the Resolute Desk hangs a copy of the Declaration of Independence on loan from the National Archives.
President Donald Trump meets with Andrea Bocelli in the Oval Office, Friday, October 17, 2025.
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The document is flanked by curtains to protect it from the sun.
Trump added numerous gold embellishments to the walls and door leading to the West Wing.
President Donald Trump speaks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Oval Office before a bilateral meeting, Friday, November 7, 2025.
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He also chose gold objects from the White House collection to decorate the bookshelves.
Two doors are decorated with gold cherub figures brought in from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
A golden angel,cherub, is seen above a door in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2025.
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The cherubs came from the Louis XIV-style Grand Ballroom at Mar-a-Lago.
On the ceiling, the presidential seal has been painted with gold.
A view of the seal of the president of the United States on the ceiling of the Oval Office as US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025. Musk, who stormed into US politics as President Trump’s chainsaw-brandishing sidekick, announced on May 28 that he is leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with the President over Trump’s signature spending bill.
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The plaster relief of the presidential seal was added to the Oval Office in 1934 during a White House renovation overseen by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Gold pieces from the White House collection now adorn the fireplace mantel, which has also been decorated with more gold appliqués.
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) during a bilateral meeting with King Charles III in the Oval Office on day two of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States of America, on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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The gilded urns and decorative pieces on the mantel date back to the 19th century and rotate periodically.
Credenzas on either side of the fireplace appear to be supported by the wings of gold eagle statues.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 06: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard look on during an event with UFC fighters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump was joined by UFC fighters to talk about the June 14th UFC Freedom 250 match to be held outside the White House.
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Trump often conducts meetings with world leaders seated in front of the Oval Office’s marble fireplace.
Zooming out, Trump has added numerous additional portraits, mirrors, and gold detailing to the wall behind the fireplace.
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: US President Donald Trump meets with King Charles III in the Oval Office of the White House as (L-R) Sir Christian Turner, British ambassador to the US, Yvette Cooper, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio look on, during day two of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States of America, on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit the nation’s capital, New York City, and Virginia during the trip arranged to celebrate the United States of America’s 250th anniversary of its independence.
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The central portrait above the mantel depicts George Washington. Also featured are past presidents and founding fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Henry Harrison.
The mirror on the right covers a peephole used by staffers during previous administrations to observe Oval Office meetings.
Trump also added gold trim to the crown molding around the ceiling.
Trump added a gold eagle sculpture titled “The American Patriot” to the Oval Office in October 2025.
The Presidential American Patriot sculpture by artist Lorenzo Ghiglieri is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2025.
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The statue, plated with 24-karat gold, was commissioned by Mark Russo and sculpted by Lorenzo Ghiglieri, according to Art Factory.
Measuring 40 inches high and weighing 325 pounds, the piece depicts a bald eagle spreading its wings atop the US Constitution.
Trump’s raised fist following an assassination attempt was immortalized in a statue displayed next to the Resolute Desk.
TOPSHOT – A statue depicting the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, sits alongside the Resolute Desk as Trump signs legislation relating to household consumer energy policies in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2025.
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Created by artist Stan Watts, the statue is one of many works of art in the White House inspired by Trump’s assassination attempt, which occurred in July 2024 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Other decorative touches include busts of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Benjamin Franklin, as well as fighter jet models.
A bust of former US president Abraham Lincoln sits next to two small fighter jet models in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.
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The bust of Martin Luther King Jr. that was in the Oval Office during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden has been removed.
Editor’s Note: This story was first published in May 2026 and updated in August 2026.
