“This desk, the ‘C&O,’ which is also very well-known and was used by President George H.W. Bush and others, has been temporarily installed in the White House while the Resolute Desk is being lightly refinished—a very important job,” Trump wrote.

Donald Trump has temporarily removed the iconic Resolute Desk used by his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama from the Oval Office and replaced it with the C&O desk. Crafted from the once-abandoned British arctic exploration ship the HMS ...

President Donald Trump has temporarily replaced the Resolute desk in the White House Oval Office, not long after hosting Elon Musk and his son, 4, there for a press conference that has gone viral.

Gone is the Resolute Desk which Musk’s son, Little X, hung out over, knuckle deep in his nose, while Trump sat there and watched Elon talk to the media about DOGE. It appeared that the youngster may have wiped something on the desk, too, possibly marking its demise.