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Rated: 13+ · Book · Political · #2126409
A collection of the more egregious falsehoods told by President Trump and his minions.
#927784 added June 15, 2018 at 11:12pm
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American Standard
American Standard

For the White House, I asked for Van Gogh
but the Guggenheim said, flat out, "No!"
They offered instead
an 18K head
with a warning: "It's not just for show."



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The emailed response from the Guggenheim’s chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: The museum could not accommodate a request to borrow a painting by Vincent van Gogh for President and Melania Trump’s private living quarters. The curator’s alternative: an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet — an interactive work titled “America” that critics have described as pointed satire aimed at the excess of wealth in this country. The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.  Open in new Window.
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