Of course, a man’s aesthetic would absolutely trigger the liberal ladies of The View. The Thursday edition of the ABC News show featured the cast having a collective meltdown over President Trump sprucing up the Oval Office with images and objects he enjoyed; you know, the thing all presidents got to do. The hot air was blowing as they freaked out over Trump’s choice of décor and suggesting he was acting like a “king” and feared for the future.
The pearl clutching began with fill-in moderator Joy Behar fretting: “Is there no safe place to go anymore with this guy?”
“He's like the interior decorator in chief now and forget the nuclear button, I don't even trust him with the button that gets him a diet coke,” she proclaimed. “So, he has plans to completely retool the Kennedy Center also, have you heard that?”
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin had enough self-awareness to note: “It's not breaking news that his aesthetic is somewhere in between Pablo Escobar and Liberace. Like, he likes a gold chachki. We know this.”
According to her, redecorating the Oval Office was somehow an attempt to distract the public from his policies:
But this is classic Trump. He wants to drive the news cycle with, ‘Oh, he's changing the Rose Garden. Oh, shaking up the Kennedy Center;’ to distract from the fact that, yesterday, the fed forecasted higher inflation and less economic growth as a direct result of his tariffs. And even more tariffs are going into effect on April 2, unless he changes his mind again.
What they didn’t want to admit was that every president got to have the Oval Office redecorated. Each president could change out the drapes, the carpet, the furniture, what’s on the shelves and tables, the wallpaper, what’s on the walls, and the list goes on. It’s another example of something normal the liberal media was trying to suggest was unusual and slide toward fascism.
Farah Griffin and Behar proved that intention when they questioned the optics. Behar suggested Trump was acting like a “king” by redecorating with gold. “To a lot of Americans, people are still struggling with the cost of living. And the reason people voted for him is they thought he was going to bring that down. And so far, he doesn't seem he's making any effort to,” Farah Griffin chided.
They then took turns suggesting that Trump was the one who lacked self-awareness (Click “expand”):
BEHAR: Is he so, like, so unaware of himself that he doesn't realize.
HAINES: Yes, yes, he is.
[Crosstalk]
FARAH GRIFFIN: I don't think he has a lot of self-awareness.
BEHAR: That people are claiming they're losing money, they’re losing their jobs, they might lose their Social Security, and he's gilding the lily in the White House.
HOSTIN: He may not care.
HAINES: He doesn’t.
BEHAR: Does he have no self-awareness?
HOSTIN: He has no self-awareness and he doesn't care even if people notice. I think that's the point.
BEHAR: He's going to care in the next election.
“The only gold thing he’s never met with is the golden rule. It’d be nice. I did learn from that video, though, that you can never match a paint. I never tried to do that for pure aesthetics,” pretend independent Sara Haines jabbed.
The View cast was saying this on the new set they got at the start of the season last fall. The set loaded with gold accents, a gold (and wood) table for them to sit at, with the name of the show done up in gold (pictured above). Talk about a lack of self-awareness.
Haines also suggested that the redecorating was why the Trump administration was “not getting stuff done” and viewed it as a blessing in disguise. “I’m like, maybe its better he gets into decorating. He could ask Elon Musk for some help in the living rooms,” she said.
Fake Republican Ana Navarro falsely claimed Trump had a “replica” of “the FIFA World Cup” on the mantle across from the resolute desk. They cut to image of the mantle and there was nothing that even came close to resembling the FIFA World Cup trophy.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
March 20, 2025
11:36:35 a.m. Eastern(…)
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Everyone thinks that's the nuclear weapon. They think it's the nuclear weapon. They say if I press this, it's the end of the world.
[Cuts back to live]
JOY BEHAR: He's like the interior decorator in chief now and forget the nuclear button, I don't even trust him with the button that gets him a diet coke.
SARA HAINES: That is the diet coke button, I think.
SUNNY HOSTIN: That’s the diet coke button apparently.
BEHAR: So, he has plans to completely retool the Kennedy Center also, have you heard that? Is there no safe place to go anymore with this guy? You can't even go to –
ANA NAVARRO: A gym.
BEHAR: A gym. That's good.
HOSTIN: Oh, yeah, good one.
BEHAR: That's it.
HOSTIN: Good one.
[Applause]
(…)
11:04:51 a.m. Eastern
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: It's not breaking news that his aesthetic is somewhere in between Pablo Escobar and Liberace. Like, he likes a gold chachki. We know this. The decor on that mantle, it was a lot and I don’t presume to have particularly great taste myself.
But this is classic Trump. He wants to drive the news cycle with, ‘Oh, he's changing the Rose Garden. Oh, shaking up the Kennedy Center;’ to distract from the fact that, yesterday, the fed forecasted higher inflation and less economic growth as a direct result of his tariffs. And even more tariffs are going into effect on April 2, unless he changes his mind again.
And I think the imagery of seeing this sort of gold-plated palace of an Oval Office.
BEHAR: King.
FARAH GRIFFIN: To a lot of Americans, people are still struggling with the cost of living. And the reason people voted for him is they thought he was going to bring that down. And so far, he doesn't seem he's making any effort to.
BEHAR: Is he so, like, so unaware of himself that he doesn't realize.
HAINES: Yes, yes, he is.
[Crosstalk]
FARAH GRIFFIN: I don't think he has a lot of self-awareness.
BEHAR: That people are claiming they're losing money, they’re losing their jobs, they might lose their Social Security, and he's gilding the lily in the White House.
HOSTIN: He may not care.
HAINES: He doesn’t.
BEHAR: Does he have no self-awareness?
HOSTIN: He has no self-awareness and he doesn't care even if people notice. I think that's the point.
BEHAR: He's going to care in the next election.
HAINES: The only gold thing he’s never met with is the golden rule. It’d be nice. I did learn from that video, though, that you can never match a paint. I never tried to do that for pure aesthetics.
But, I also started to think why is he not getting stuff done and then I thought about his presidency, and I’m like, “maybe it's better he gets into decorating.” He could ask Elon Musk for some help in the living rooms, and – Because the difference with Jackie Kennedy is, she was the first lady. And she was doing this. This is the president with a bunch of gold statues that look like they're from high school. Like I don't know.
NAVARRO: Also, he needs to like Marie Kondo the Oval Office at this point because the amount of clutter.
HAINES: It brings him joy, though.
NAVARRO: He has a replica, I guess, of the FIFA World Cup. I mean, has he ever play soccer?
[Picture of the mantle is show. No replica of FIFA World Cup]
HOSTIN: No.
NAVARRO: Does he know that this is a trophy?
HOSTIN: It really is overdone.
(…)
