Overview
- A CNN White House producer posted a photo showing a tube of Krazy Glue on the edge of the Resolute Desk during a media visit while President Trump signed executive orders and answered questions in the Oval Office.
- The image has been linked to Regime Change, a new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, which reports that President Trump once used super glue to attach ornate gold fixtures to the Oval Office mantel.
- Getty photographer Andrew Harnik also captured a shot that appears to show the same tube, and the photos quickly spread on social media where users debated whether the image verifies the book’s anecdote.
- Conservative voices pushed back on the coverage, with Katie Miller dismissing the item as trivial on X, and there has been no formal White House confirmation tying the photographed glue to the book’s specific claims.
- Beyond the décor detail, Regime Change also recounts internal tensions such as reported threats by Stephen Miller toward ICE and DHS leaders, a set of allegations that the photo has renewed public and partisan scrutiny of White House conduct.