Golden ticket: why Versailles invite is the ‘real deal’ for Trump
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#76CMT)
The US president's opulent tastes will be well served in a palace that has hosted Putin, King Charles and JFK
For a US president who has likened himself to a king and redecorated the Oval Office with golden paint and gold ornaments, it feels like the perfect dinner venue.
Donald Trump said one of the deciding factors in accepting an invitation to dine with Emmanuel Macron at the spectacular, 2,300-room Palace of Versailles was that it was not gold leaf" but the real deal".
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