Trump Declares the Oval Office a National Monument—1 Year After Backlash Over ‘Home Depot’ Decor

President Donald Trump declared the Oval Office a national monument aiming to stop future presidents from making any changes. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday in his first official action since Democrats swept the midterms."We've had tremendous victory in this office," Trump said. "So we're making it a national monument, and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody, destroyed, ripped down by stupid people, in order to build something in a slightly different shape."Only a year ago, Trump, 80, found himself defending the "24-karat gold" Oval Office decorations as critics speculated they were actually painted plastic appliqués from Home Depot. "You know the one thing with gold?" Trump said during a Fox News interview with host Laura Ingraham in 2025. "You can't imitate gold, real gold. There's no paint that imitates gold." Ingraham, 63, then pushed Trump further, asking him: "So these aren't from Home Depot or something?""No, this is not Home Depot stuff," the president responded. "This is not Home Depot."After filming, the Fox News host posted the short clip on her social media accounts, captioning it: "In the Oval Office with President Trump and can confirm that it is ...