Turns out Donald Trump gauges his esteem for presidential predecessors by how well their portraits fit into his White House redecorating scheme. Or sometimes how well the frames around those portraits do.
"I'm a frame person," Trump said Tuesday during a meeting with his Cabinet. "Sometimes I like frames more than I like the pictures."
Trump wrapped up a 90-plus-minute session by explaining how he personally worked to redecorate the Cabinet Room, seeming to take real joy in choosing which portraits were hung. The president also said he helped choose the room's drapes and polled those present about whether he should repaint the room in gold leaf. Cabinet members think he should.
"I actually spent time in the vaults. The vaults are where we have a lot of great pictures and artwork. And I picked it all myself," Trump said. "I'm very proud of it."
The president said that meant "a lot of time, effort" and "very little money." He even recounted having gone to Secretary of State Marco Rubio 's office and directing that a grandfather clock there be moved to the White House.