Trump changes 145-Year-Old desk after Musk's son wiped his snot on it
TDT | agencies
US President Donald Trump has 'temporarily' changed the iconic Resolute Desk at the Oval Office, which was used by his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and replaced it with the C&O desk.
This only comes days after tech billionaire Elon Musk brought his Little X to the Oval Office where the kid appeared to pick his nose and rub the desk on live TV. He caught everyone's attention.
The Resolute Desk, made from the wood of the once-abandoned British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute, was a gift to President Rutherford Hayes from Queen Victoria in 1880. This iconic desk has been used by nearly every U.S. president in the West Wing. Notably, Donald Trump, who has previously described himself as a germophobe, posted a picture of the Oval Office featuring the new desk on his social media platform, Truth Social.
However, it remains unclear if he ordered the replacement due to the nose-picking incident.
The post reads: 'A President, after the election, gets a choice of 1 in 7 desks. This desk, the 'C&O,' which is also very well known and was used by President George H.W. Bush and others, has been temporarily installed in the White House while the Resolute Desk is being lightly refinished—a very important job. This is a beautiful, but temporary replacement!'
According to the White House, the desk has been used by every president since Rutherford B. Hayes, with the exceptions of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford (from 1964 to 1977). It's worth noting that the Resolute Desk was first placed in the Oval Office in 1961 at the request of President John F. Kennedy. Elon Musk's son participated in the press briefing regarding a new executive order about the billionaire's role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency. While introducing him, Donald Trump said, 'This is X, and he's a great guy—a high IQ individual.'
Videos of X imitating his billionaire father and picking his nose had sparked a buzz online.
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