'I'm told this is where Bill and Monica. . .' Trump gave guests a tour of White House residence including remodeled Oval Office
- President Trump enjoys giving Oval Office tours with a bit of historical commentary
- 'I'm told this is where Bill and Monica . . .' the president likes to say on tours
- Monica Lewinsky admitted that she had nine sexual encounters in the Oval Office with Bill Clinton, when she was an intern and he was the president
- 'We've remodeled it since then,' Trump tells people
President Donald Trump enjoys giving tours of Oval Office with a bit of historical commentary sprinkled in, it was revealed on Monday.
He'll welcome lawmakers, friends and other guests into his inner sanctum to show them where President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky reportedly began their sexual encounters.
In a 2017 tour, Trump told a TV anchor, 'I'm told this is where Bill and Monica . . .' - stopping himself speaking further, according to 'Team of Vipers,' the memoir former White House aide Cliff Sims.
'We've remodeled it since then,' he said of the Oval Office on a tour in December, The Washington Post reports.
President Trump enjoys giving Oval Office tours with a bit of historical commentary
Monica Lewinsky admitted that between November 1995 and March 1997, she had nine sexual encounters in the Oval Office with Bill Clinton, when she was an intern and he was the president.
Trump often tells Oval Office visitors about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
Three other people who have been given the tour with the president told The Post Trump made similar remarks about Clinton and Lewinsky.
There are often lengthy, sometimes crass conversations, about the topic, the newspaper reported.
Lewinsky admitted that between November 1995 and March 1997, she had nine sexual encounters in the Oval Office with Clinton, when she was an intern and he was the president.
Showing off his Oval Office and the White House residence is one of the president's favorite part of the job.
The Trumps - like other first families - have put their personal touches on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
They've added new chandeliers and artwork since they up residency in January 2017.
Trump - as have other presidents before him - redecorated the Oval Office, changing out the midcentury modern President Barack Obama used for gold-hued upholstery and replacing the striped yellow wallpaper with a gray damask print.
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'[Mr. Trump] wanted to bring back the luster and the glory of the White House,' a White House official told CBS News in 2017 when the new decor was unveiled. 'The Obama wallpaper was very damaged. There were a lot of stains on it,' the official said.
On his tours, Trump brags about how he's improved the place.
Renovation work was done in August 2017 when the president stayed at his golf club in Bedminister, N.J. And it cost $1.75 million, NBC News reported at the time.
And he'll often offer a tour on the spot.
'I think we're going to take the entire football team down to another special place, the Oval Office,' he said at a January reception for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers.
After all the official remarks were given, Trump was eager to play tour guide.
'Let's go to the Oval,' he told the team. 'Let's take some really great pictures that you're going to have for a long time. A long time.'
Additionally, when President Trump finishes dinner with lawmakers, he'll offer a tour to top off their evening.
Trump also likes to show visitors the Lincoln Bedroom
President Trump redecorated the Oval Office when he took over
He changed out President Obama's red curtains, yellow wall paper and blue carpet
A photograph showing former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton during his presidency
'You want to see the Lincoln Bedroom?' he asks, according to The Post.
He take visitors upstairs to the White House residence to see the historic room, which was actually Lincoln's office when he was president.
Trump will remark how tall President Lincoln was and how short the bed is, guests told the newspaper.
'I don't know how he slept there,' Trump said on one tour in early 2018, according to a person on the tour. 'He was a really tall guy!'
Trump also claims his private dining room off the Oval Office was in 'rough shape' and had a hole in the wall when he took over.
He's also told people Obama used the room to watch sports. 'He just sat in here and watched basketball all day,' Trump told a recent group, The Post notes four people on that tour said.
An Obama official told the newspaper there was no hole in the wall, Obama didn't watch sports in there and barely used that room.
The president also enjoys bragging about people's reactions to the tour.
'They start to cry,' he has told people.
Two senior White House officials told The Post they had never seen a visitor cry in the Oval Office.
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