So, you brought how many paintings into the Oval Office this time? Very different from the first one.
Well, I'm going to show you a lot. It's much different, never been like that. You had some of those paintings in vaults and safes for 100 years.
Wow.
They haven't been exposed.
How did you pick --
I went by the presidents. I picked presidents, all -- almost all presidents, some Supreme Court justices -- after you.
Are you -- are you paving over the grass here?
What was happening is it's supposed to have events. Every event you have, it's soaking wet.
Yeah.
It's soaking wet. And people can't -- and the women with the high heels, it's just too much.
That's where you did the Kavanaugh --
That's where we did --
Kavanaugh thing.
That's right.
Amy Coney Barrett.
And -- and the grass just -- it doesn't work and we have a gorgeous stone and everything else.
OK.
But, you know, we use it for press conferences, and it doesn't work because the people fall into the -- you know, into the wet --
The roses stay, the grass goes?
The roses stay. No, it's a rose garden. No, all of this is just the center section. It's going to -- I think it's going to be beautiful. I think it's going to be more beautiful. Look at that view over there. See that?
Pretty nice.
Look at that. How is that, pretty good?
Pretty beautiful.
It's a great place.
So you thought there's no doubt you're -- you're coming back into office when you walked out of here?
Well, I felt that, but I didn't know that.
Is that a -- that's --
Let me say it, I didn't know if I was going to run because I knew how much I won that election by. But if I -- if I thought I didn't win the election, I absolutely wouldn't have run.
Wow.
But because of the fact I did so well, it was such a horrible election.
But if you didn't run, they would never come after you legally. They never would have done all that to you. If you didn't run, they would have let you alone.
I was told, so I took a big chance.
Yeah, you sure did.
No, I took a big risk actually.
And the mug shot --
Nobody's ever told me that, what you just said. Nobody's ever said it. That's exactly correct. If I didn't run, none of this --
Oh, no, no. They wouldn't have had any investigation. None of it would have happened.
They hated me, but you have to get on with your life.
They'd be on to the next target.
Right.
They would have been on to the next target.
It's so interesting. You're right about that.
Yeah. But that's a pretty big -- that's a -- that's a pretty big gamble.
That was a big risk. So, this is the Oval Office, and we've spent a lot of time and a lot of effort. We've taken a lot of great paintings out of the vault. And I don't know, maybe you could circle that somehow. So, here's a question I ask. So, Reagan has a place of prominence and George Washington has a place of prominence -- prominence.
And I've asked this question maybe 200 times, people come in. I said, "So, who would you put in the place of prominence, George Washington or Ronald Reagan? Who would you put?"
Washington.
So, far it's 219 to zero, and they like Reagan.
Oh, I love Reagan.
But here's what they like more than anything. So, this is the Declaration of Independence.
Wow.
And they -- they ask that this be done. It's never been up. It's been in the vaults for many, many decades. And they said we have to do something like drapes or something because the light eventually affects it. And it's very cool.
Oh, my gosh.
Isn't that great? Just went up yesterday.
Wow.
You think Joe Biden would do this? I don't think so. Do you think he'd think of it? Do you think he knows what it is?
Oh, wow.
No, but look at this. So -- but this was -- none of these pictures were up. You know, very few, like very little. And it's been -- it's been great.
Now, there was a lot made on another network about you're bringing in the gold accents --
Yeah.
To Trumpify the Oval Office.
It needed a little life.
So, you have the mantle and you have the cherubs from --
That's right. Yeah.
Is that from Mar-A-Lago?
Yeah. That's actually -- they're gold, all gold. Look. And, you know, it's angels. They say angels bring good luck, and we need a lot of luck in this country with what they've done over the last four years. So, take a look. Do you know that -- little secret? I don't know if you're going to waste your time putting this on. But throughout the years, people have tried to come up with a gold paint that would look like gold.
And they've never been able to do it.
Can't do it.
You've never been able -- look at that. Look. You've never been able to match gold with gold paint. That's why it's gold. And this is very important, very proud of this, Gulf of America. And in fact, Elon said to me, "You know, we're landing in the Gulf of America." So, he was saying -- and he said it naturally, he said it so routinely.
He said, "Yeah, the capsule, you know, is landing in the Gulf of America." So, I called Elon, "Where is it dropping down?" He said, "Gulf of America." How cool is that right?
What do you think all these presidents would think right now of the state of the country?
I think they'd be proud of our country. I think, a year ago, they would have been disgraced by our country. And I think today, they're proud of our country. This is the Resolute desk, by the way. I had that just redone by an unbelievable group. They -- they do only the White House furniture. They do only -- very special.
This is the Resolute desk. Many great presidents sat behind that desk, and many didn't. I mean, you know, they have seven -- when you're president, they give you a choice of seven desks. This is the one.
Why -- why did you want this one?
Just like -- I like the history. You had Reagan, you had Kennedy. That was the famous one with John-John, who I knew very well, and he was a friend of mine. He was a great guy. He would have been maybe president someday. He would have been a real chance to be -- he was going to get into politics. He was actually a great guy, John-John.
But remember, when he was a young boy, the picture of him at the bottom of the desk.
Where's the Coke button?
It's right here.
Is that on the desk?
Everyone thinks that's the nuclear -- everyone thinks that's the nuclear weapon. They think it's a nuclear weapon. They say if I press this, it's the end of the world.
Oh, and then there's like 50,000 --
It doesn't seem to work out then.
Fifty thousand --
Doesn't that look beautiful, though, over there?
Beautiful.
To me, you know, it looks beautiful. The Gulf of America, look at that.
Which one's better? Which one --
I'll take the Declaration of Independence. I think so. Isn't that cool?
When's the first time you signed -- the way you sign your name, it's just people are so fascinated by it. Have you had that signature since you were little?
Pretty much, but it's become sharper. In other words, if I look at it from 20 years ago, it was similar, but it was much softer.
And you like -- you like when your staff secretary reads out the executive orders to you when you're signing it?
I only do that for the media, for the fake news.
Oh, OK.
This way. Yeah, they read it out. And, you know, I'll do now because I don't even have to move. I'll do them just -- I'll sit here, I'll do them, and you can do a lot. They get a kick when I'm doing other work and doing a news conference when you had another guy that couldn't name his favorite ice cream.
They always used to ask him, "What's your favorite ice cream?" "Vanilla." Oh, great. He's done a press conference, ladies and gentlemen. It was crazy.
Will you talk to him again, do you think? Joe Biden.
Yeah, I'll talk to him. Sure.
Do you ever call any former --
You should see --
President? Do you any -- call any of the former presidents?
No, not much.
No.
A lot was made out of the fact that I got along very well with President Obama, right? You saw that.
Yeah, it seems so.
I can -- you know, I can do things that a lot of people --
You were friends with pretty much all of them at one point.
I just didn't like the job they did --
Yeah.
Because it's not about friends. I didn't like the job they did. They let our country down.