Trump is obsessed with gold — but he can’t 'buy his way out of death' (opens in new tab)

Christina Cauterucci explains, though President Donald Trump “is a man of specific tastes, his aesthetic thrust is neither complicated nor refined. A maximalist to the end, he likes things ornate. He likes them newly constructed but grounded in centuries-old design. And above all else, he likes them gold.” That obsession with gold, Cauterucci argues, is not only derived from Trump’s desire to portray an image of wealth, but speaks to his pharonic dreams of immortality. Cauterucci catalogs no ...