“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said President Donald Trump “has really done a number on the Oval Office” by giving it an over-the-top golden makeover.“Who is his decorator?” Colbert wondered. “I’m gonna say Scrooge McDuck smoking bath salts.”Colbert showed off before and after pics of the Oval Office, first noting how traditional and understated it looked under former President Joe Biden: President Joe Biden, right, and Isaac Herzog, Israel's president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBut Trump didn’t just add gold.He added lots and lots of gold, as seen in this image taken just last week: President Donald Trump meets with Turkey’s President Recep Erdoğan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2025.SAUL LOEB via Getty Images“Trump can’t stop boasting about how much people love the new look,” Colbert said, then rolled a clip of the president bragging about his makeover. “People come, kings and queens and the biggest business people in the world, most important people in the world, and they look at this and they say, ‘Wow. That’s the Oval Office,’” Trump said. But Colbert noted that it didn’t quite sound like a compliment.“That’s exactly what people say when they really like something,” he said sarcastically, then tried it out: “Honey, what do you think of my new bangs? ‘Wow. That’s the haircut.’” See more in his Wednesday night monologue: Close
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