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Golden ticket: why Versailles invite is the ‘real deal’ for Trump

Europe | The Guardian France 17 June 2026, 17:48 UTC 17 Jun 2026
Golden ticket: why Versailles invite is the ‘real deal’ for Trump
Europe | The Guardian

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”. Continue reading...

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