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David Smith in Washington

A replica of Donald Trump’s Oval Office goes for the gold in Washington DC

Men on ladders in a white and gold room.
A replica of the Oval Office being updated to Donald Trump’s current decor, at The People’s House: A White House Experience in Washington DC, on 2 October. Photograph: AP

Sitting behind a replica Resolute Desk, nine-year-old Sydney Wright posed for the camera like a future US president. “I love it,” she smiled. And what about the dazzling gold appliqués, gold leaf and gold trim surrounding her? “It’s cool.”

Sydney was among a steady stream of visitors on Thursday to The People’s House: A White House Experience, an interactive museum – with an orientation film narrated by The West Wing star Martin Sheen – at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, just 150 yards from the real thing.

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