Jack White has some thoughts on the gilding of the White House. The rocker who opened a bespoke upholstery shop in Detroit in the mid 1990s before launching his music career - and who has long had a keen eye for visual aesthetics - went scorched earth on Donald Trump's gold-plated makeover of the People's House in a no-holds-barred Instagram post on Tuesday (Aug.

It looks like Liberace got high and decided to redecorate,” one social media user said of the president’s White House makeover.

"No president knew how to build a ballroom. I could take this one, drop it right down there, and it would be beautiful."