“And my response is always like, ‘Why not?’

“he typically hears two types of responses when visitors first see the giant cabinet

“It was kind of like a football moment, when everyone is like shaking hands, like, 'Yes, yes!'

“There’s the one extreme where people are like, ‘Why? Why such a big cabinet?’

“So tell me how this works in your head, you know what I mean?

“it's "a legacy thing."

Maggie Haberman

The New York Times' reporter

Axios · Aug 13
Reported

“Exactly

“"Under that were designs of the ballroom. And he starts talking to us about the columns and how some of the columns are evocative of Rome. And then on the other side, the columns are evocative of Athens. And he's happy that they are a little bit either wider or more spaced apart or both than the columns at the Supreme Court. And that was like the first 15 minutes of this hour that we had."

Maggie Haberman

The New York Times' reporter

Axios · Aug 13
Direct quote