How Trump’s personal aesthetic is redefining White House décor: 'I picked it all myself'

 The president's personal design choices are clear as the Oval Office and the White House grounds get a makeover. 'It keeps my real estate juices flowing,' he says.

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once said real estate

In the late 1970s, he made a splashy entrance into the New York City real estate scene with the glitzy transformation of the crumbling Hotel Commodore into the Grand Hyatt. When he bought Mar-a-Lago, the South Florida estate built for socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, he added a 20,000-square-foot ballroom. In Washington, D.C., he turned the city's historic Old Post Office into a luxury hotel.

Now 50 years on, he has a new pet project: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.