# Trump asks for a Van Gogh, is offered golden toilet instead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500 "2018-01-26T02:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/21 "2018-01-27T05:18:45Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > Donald Trump - The new American Standard. You, my friend, win the Internet! ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/22 "2018-01-27T05:48:04Z")
Reminds me of a real long joke about a guy who goes to a party and in a drunken haze recalls a push-button gold toilet. After a long search… Punchline:\* “Hey, Albert! Here’s the guy that shit in your Tuba!”\* ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/23 "2018-01-27T12:23:51Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > You know, if Trump were asking so he could show it off to school children or something, that would be one thing. But to ask so you can use it for your own private quarters? Yeah, you can fuck right off. From the Washington Post story on this: > [@](#): > > It is common for presidents and first ladies to borrow major works of art to decorate the Oval Office, the first family’s residence and various rooms at the White House. The Smithsonian loaned the Kennedys a Eugène Delacroix painting, “The Smoker.” The Obamas preferred abstract art, choosing works by Mark Rothko and Jasper Johns. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/24 "2018-01-27T16:33:21Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > Donald Trump - The new American Standard. > [@Biffster](#): > > You, my friend, win the Internet! ^^^ I’m stealing it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/25 "2018-01-27T16:35:49Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > The golden toilet is named “America”. I can’t see how Trump could turn it down. He already has one. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/26 "2018-01-27T16:41:11Z")
This caused much hilarity here. But why did he ask for a Van Gogh? Wasn’t an American artist good enough? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/27 "2018-01-27T16:47:45Z")
Had they offered him a golden shower instead, he would’ve jumped at the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/28 "2018-01-27T16:52:00Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > This caused much hilarity here. But why did he ask for a Van Gogh? Wasn’t an American artist good enough? 😃 Because a Van Gogh painting shows you have class. As has been said of Loser Donnie, he’s a ‘poor person’s idea of what a rich person is’. It is a trope in many movies that a poor, uneducated person who suddenly comes into money will buy art for the name and have ‘solid gold toilets’ so as to show off his wealth and ‘class’. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/29 "2018-01-27T18:28:20Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > From the Washington Post story on this: The works of the Smithsonian are owned by the American people - and its normal to use its collection to decorate the White House. Several Supreme Court Justices have Smithsonian works in their offices, IIRC. The Guggenheim is a private institution. While it isn’t unheard of for a private institution to loan works , its highly unlikely that they will loan one of their most important works to somewhere where very feel people will get the opportunity to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500/30 "2018-01-27T18:39:58Z")
When **I** ask for a Van Gogh, they call the cops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-asks-for-a-van-gogh-is-offered-golden-toilet-instead/807500.md?page=1)