{"id":2404599,"date":"2025-02-20T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-refinish-of-the-resolute-desk-brings-in-bush-era-backup-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:14:51","slug":"trump-orders-refinish-of-the-resolute-desk-brings-in-bush-era-backup-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-refinish-of-the-resolute-desk-brings-in-bush-era-backup-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders refinish of the Resolute Desk, brings in Bush-era backup &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-orders-refinish-of-the-resolute-desk-brings-in-bush-era-backup-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is making\u2062 changes to the White \u200dHouse, including a refurbishment of\u200d the Resolute Desk, which has been used by U.S. presidents since 1880. while the desk is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/construction-begins-on-wall-of-remembrance-for-korean-war-veterans\/\" title=\"Construction begins on Wall of Remembrance for Korean War veterans\">refinished<\/a>, a backup desk known as\u2063 the &#8220;C&#038;O Desk,&#8221; previously used by George H.W.Bush, has been temporarily set up in the \u2064Oval\u200b Office. Trump explained his choice of desk and noted \u2064that he has personalized various aspects of his presidency, such as ordering a new Air Force One. The Resolute Desk has been moved multiple times during Trump&#8217;s terms, reflecting his approach to customizing\u200c the presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump orders refinish of the Resolute Desk, brings in Bush-era backup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999182\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is overhauling the federal government in ways big and small, including a refresh of his desk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-released-from-crash-scene-caused-by-drunk-driving-alleged-insider-trader-paul-pelosi\/\" title=\"Photos Released From Crash Scene Caused by Drunk Driving Alleged Insider Trader Paul Pelosi\">ordered work<\/a> done on the Resolute Desk, which has been used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-hits-fauci-for-history-of-lying\/\" title=\"Knowles Hits Fauci For \u2018History Of Lying\u2019\u00a0\">presidents beginning<\/a> with Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3321217\/on-illegal-immigration-trump-filing-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, IT&rsquo;S TRUMP FILING THE LAWSUITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A President, after election, gets a choice of 1 in 7 desks,&rdquo; he explained on Truth Social. &ldquo;This desk, the &lsquo;C&amp;O,&rsquo; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">lightly refinished&#038;mdash<\/a>;a very important job. This is a beautiful, but temporary replacement!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114033884590103594\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>This will mark the second movement of the Resolute Desk since Trump took office. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3293007\/trump-oval-office-remake-reagan-rug-fdr-portrait-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"partially disassembled\">partially disassembled<\/a> when he arrived in order to make way for the return of the Reagan Rug.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the five most recent presidents has used the Resolute Desk, though others have sat in its place inside the Oval Office throughout history. As Trump noted, President George H.W. Bush used the &ldquo;C&amp;O Desk&rdquo; in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks from behind the Resolute Desk before signing a National Manufacturing Day Proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Queen Victoria gifted the 1,300-pound  desk to Hayes, and it has been used off and on ever since. The C&amp;O desk was built in 1920, though Bush was the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> to use it regularly while in office. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3324522\/trump-says-federal-government-should-take-over-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump says federal government should &lsquo;take over&rsquo; DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has tried to customize multiple aspects of the presidency during both of his terms in office. Notably, he ordered a new Air Force One to be built during his first term, one he&rsquo;s still waiting to receive in term two.<\/p>\n<p>He has asked billionaire backer Elon Musk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3323975\/trump-asking-musk-pressure-boeing-delivering-new-air-force-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pressure Boeing\">pressure Boeing<\/a> to deliver the new jet, and will hope for speedier work as he refinishes the Oval Office furniture. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999182\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999182\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump refreshes Resolute Desk, uses Bush-era backup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2404600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-Resolute-Desk.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50733,50734,50732,3634],"class_list":["post-2404599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bush-era","tag-furniture-refinishing","tag-resolute-desk","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-Resolute-Desk.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404603,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404599\/revisions\/2404603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}