Trump removes iconic 145-year old resolute desk days after Elon Musk, son visited Oval Office. Here's why
Donald Trump has temporarily removed the iconic Resolute Desk used by his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama from the Oval Office and replaced it with the C&O desk. Trump ordered the iconic Resolute Desk removed from the Oval Office for refurbishment after Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son, Little X, appeared to pick his nose and rub the desk on live TV last week.
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The Resolute Desk, crafted from the once-abandoned British arctic exploration ship the HMS Resolute and was gifted to President Rutherford Haye by Queen Victoria in 1880. The iconic desk has been used by almost every US leader in West Wing.
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Significance of Resolute Desk
«A President, after election, gets a choice of 1 in 7 desks,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social account Feb. 19. «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.»
President Donald Trump took the 145-year-old iconic Resolute Desk out of the Oval Office and substituted it with the C&O Desk that belonged to George H.W. Bush. Trump, who didn’t elaborate on the reason for the switch,
