# Do you think Donald Trump's entire NYC penthouse is a gaudy as the pictures? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177 "2018-10-18T23:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/21 "2018-10-19T19:02:16Z")
As more than one commentator has pointed out, Donald Trump is a poor person’s idea of what a rich person is. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/22 "2018-10-19T19:59:05Z")
trump’s role model: [Oopulence. I has zeet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA) With bonus Russian akzent. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/23 "2018-10-19T20:19:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > trump’s role model: > > [Oopulence. I has zeet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA) > > With bonus Russian akzent. Awww, the petite lap giraffe! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/24 "2018-10-19T20:38:34Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > As more than one commentator has pointed out, Donald Trump is a poor person’s idea of what a rich person is. That’s true. And yet, he was born into money and, from what I’ve heard, his mother was a classy woman. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/25 "2018-10-19T21:27:57Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > As more than one commentator has pointed out, Donald Trump is a poor person’s idea of what a rich person is. John Mulaney had a bit about how Trump is like a hobo’s idea of what a rich man is. “Oh boy, when my number comes in, I’m gonna build big gold buildings with my name on them! And I’m gonna have a head full of wavy golden hair!” > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That’s true. And yet, he was born into money and, from what I’ve heard, his mother was a classy woman. [He has her hair](https://google.com/search?q=mary+trump&tbm=isch). ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/26 "2018-10-19T21:35:53Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > [https://www.idesignarch.com/wp-content/uploads/Donald-Melania-Trump-Manhattan-Penthouse\_8.jpg](https://www.idesignarch.com/wp-content/uploads/Donald-Melania-Trump-Manhattan-Penthouse_8.jpg) > > When i’ve seen pics over the years, I used to assume the gold and Louis XIV style was just a show area. Kind of like the formal living room at your great grandmothers that hasn’t actually been used since 1950. The rest of the place must be a comfortable (probably very nice) normal home. Who could actually relax in a morgue like environment as in the pics? > > But maybe all of it IS decorated that way. What do you think? Pretty hideous. I think he probably does have a more comfortable space somewhere, yes. This is a guy who likes to get a sack full of McDonald’s and chow down after all. He has his display area and trophy wife, but he’s probably got a nice comfy chair in his office and a seriously plush couch I’d bet. It might be a gaudy desk and gaudy couch, but I would bet it’s comfy and probably has a cup holder for his extra large soda to go with his triple cheese burger and trough sized fries. JMHO of course…I haven’t actually made any sort of study of the man either before or after we saddled ourselves with this idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/27 "2018-10-19T21:43:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And yet, he was born into money and, from what I’ve heard, his mother was a classy woman. Money =/= good taste. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/28 "2018-10-20T00:54:32Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > John Mulaney had a bit about how Trump is like a hobo’s idea of what a rich man is. “Oh boy, when my number comes in, I’m gonna build big gold buildings with my name on them! And I’m gonna have a head full of wavy golden hair!” > > [He has her hair](https://google.com/search?q=mary+trump&tbm=isch). So it’s confirmed he’s wearing a wig. Eew. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/29 "2018-10-20T01:21:19Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Some of the people who have written about him over the years have said that it is. Another consistent thing is that they never saw ANY kind of reading materials anywhere in the house, not even in the kids’ rooms. If David Pakman can be believed, Trump can’t read, at least above a first-grade level. With glasses or without. Which makes comprehension very difficult. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/30 "2018-10-20T01:23:37Z")
I bet the test of the place is like a nightmare. I mean that’s the part he was willing to SHOW people. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/31 "2018-10-20T02:42:17Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > You mean Twitter? > > The man lives to ‘impress’ people. He lives to try to impress himself. This is his idea of class. No, I meant electronic books and tablets. > [@Jophiel](#): > > If people have been saying it “over the years”, for as long as Trump’s been Trump, that predates the Kindle era. And, really, who doesn’t have kid’s books around (assuming you have kids)? You read _Goodnight Moon_ and _Pat the Bunny_ on the Kindle? Long leaps to get from “no books in a picture” to “the kids don’t have books” to “obvious simpleton”. Whether these things are true I have no idea, but a lack of books is hardly proof of it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/32 "2018-10-20T03:10:55Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > And, really, who doesn’t have kid’s books around (assuming you have kids)? Teachers and other people who work with children would be able to tell you some real horror stories, and not just with “at risk” families. And Dumpster’s dick obviously worked 5 times, not 4. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/33 "2018-10-20T03:29:17Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Teachers and other people who work with children would be able to tell you some real horror stories, and not just with “at risk” families. > > And Dumpster’s dick obviously worked 5 times, not 4. Everyone forgets Tiffany because she’s the lucky one that got away. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/34 "2018-10-20T03:45:28Z")
> [@K2500](#): > > No, I meant electronic books and tablets. > > Long leaps to get from “no books in a picture” to “the kids don’t have books” to “obvious simpleton”. Whether these things are true I have no idea, but a lack of books is hardly proof of it. Very well. He can manage Twitter though. That’s pretty much all we know of his reading and writing ability. That the President of the United States uses Twitter to communicate his intended policies and thoughts is absurd. Trump writes and speaks like an inaccurate mortar round. In my business, we call them SCUDS. If you remember, the first Iraq war had plenty of them. You can’t plan for them, you don’t know if they are going to work and you don’t know where they will land. Could this be some sort of grand plan from a genius to keep everyone off balance? Well you will have to decide for yourself. IMHO, it’s just a moron appealing to morons. Republicans have invited an angry, stupid chimpanzee into their house with the hope that the chimp will steal enough bananas that they will get some. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/35 "2018-10-20T03:51:20Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Everyone forgets Tiffany because she’s the lucky one that got away. Probably the smartest one of the bunch. I’d hide too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/36 "2018-10-20T04:29:55Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Republicans have invited an angry, stupid chimpanzee into their house Correction: They’ve invited an angry, stupid chimpanzee into OUR house… ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/37 "2018-10-20T11:35:15Z")
The rich guy home in “Devils Advocate”, [is Trumps actual apartment.](https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/17/movies/film-review-joining-evil-esq-at-satan-satan.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/38 "2018-10-20T13:24:44Z")
> [@K2500](#): > > Long leaps to get from “no books in a picture” to “the kids don’t have books” to “obvious simpleton”. Whether these things are true I have no idea, but a lack of books is hardly proof of it. Good thing that’s not the route I was taking. I was replying to someone saying multiple visitor accounts are that there’s no books to be seen, not basing it off the one photo. And I never said “obvious simpleton”. I did dismiss the idea that they perhaps have a bajillion books on electronic devices but don’t own any physical books as… improbable. Especially given his age and the length of time electronic books have been available. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Teachers and other people who work with children would be able to tell you some real horror stories, and not just with “at risk” families. True, but that’s because they just don’t read. Not because they keep _The Monster At The End Of This Book_ exclusively on Kindle. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/39 "2018-10-20T13:59:35Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > If David Pakman can be believed, Trump can’t read, at least above a first-grade level. With glasses or without. > > Which makes comprehension very difficult. What is Mr. Pakman’s cite for that? I despise Trump, I would dance on his grave, but it’s hard to believe that he could function in society at all without that ability. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177/40 "2018-10-20T14:12:54Z")
In time we will know. In twenty years, it will be the President Donald J Trump Home. The National Park Service rangers will offer guided tours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-donald-trumps-entire-nyc-penthouse-is-a-gaudy-as-the-pictures/823177.md?page=3)