“Trump’s Gold Toilet and the Gilded Age Reboot”: Mia Farrow Blasts President Trump’s Lavish White House Makeover

President Donald Trump’s fixation on turning the White House into what critics call a “24-karat palace” has stirred controversy for years — and now, one legendary Hollywood actress is adding her voice to the chorus of disapproval.

For decades, Trump, now 79, has flaunted his fondness for opulence. From his gold-leafed penthouse atop Trump Tower in Manhattan to the gilded ballrooms of Mar-a-Lago, his properties have reflected an aesthetic that’s been described as “part Versailles, part Vegas.” (The Washington Post). But his alleged desire to remake parts of the White House in that same glittering image has left many Americans — and at least one Oscar-nominated star — appalled.

Recently, actress and humanitarian Mia Farrow, best known for her roles in Rosemary’s Baby and The Great Gatsby, took a sharp jab at Trump’s taste for excess. On Threads, she mocked him with a biting post that quickly went viral.

“Trump’s gold toilet is being delivered to the [White House] today,” Farrow, 80, quipped — pairing her post with a doctored image showing movers hauling in a gleaming golden commode. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Source: Threads/@realmiafarrow)

A Viral Mockery Fit for a “King”

Farrow’s satire hit a nerve. Within hours, thousands of users joined in, roasting Trump’s well-documented love of grandeur. “That’s the only throne he should sit on,” one user joked. Another chimed in: “Is it big enough to flush Trump down?”

A third added, “Hope it’s big enough to swallow him whole,” while someone else cracked, “So he’s just gonna flush more classified documents now?” — a reference to the ongoing controversies surrounding Trump’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government records (CNN).

As the image circulated, many debated whether the “gold toilet delivery” was real or AI-generated. “I honestly can’t tell if this is satire or a new renovation update,” one user wrote. Another exclaimed, “If this is true — OMG — who would actually want this monstrosity in the White House?”

One particularly disgusted commenter wrote, “This makes me want to gag and throw up,” echoing widespread frustration with what critics see as Trump’s disregard for historical preservation and presidential decorum.

Mia Farrow’s Long History of Trump Criticism

This wasn’t Farrow’s first public jab at Trump. The Tony Award-nominated actress has spent much of the last few years using social media to call out the president’s policies and behavior. On Bluesky in August, she wrote:

“The ‘national emergency’ is that the president is deranged, not rational, incapable of running our country.”

She went on to accuse Trump of surrounding himself with “power-hungry sycophants and utterly inept idiots,” adding that his administration was “driven by greed and fear rather than governance.” (The Guardian).

Her social media timelines — from Threads to X and Bluesky — read like a running commentary on the state of American politics. As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and long-time human rights advocate, Farrow often weaves her political criticism into broader calls for moral accountability and leadership ethics.

Golden Thrones, Conspiracy Theories, and ‘Diaper Don’

The faux “gold toilet” post also reignited one of the internet’s most bizarre ongoing rumors about Trump: alleged issues with incontinence and the viral hashtag #DiaperDon, which exploded in mid-2024 after photos surfaced showing odd creases around his suit pants.

While Rolling Stone reported that no evidence supports the claim, the story became a pop-culture talking point. Farrow’s toilet joke tapped directly into that discourse — part political satire, part internet folklore.

Adding fuel to the flames, social media sleuths pointed out that Trump had previously been accused of flushing documents in the White House bathrooms — a claim first reported by The New York Times and later confirmed in official National Archives correspondence (The Washington Post).

The Fear Behind the Humor

Despite the levity of her post, Farrow’s concerns run deeper than bathroom humor. In a February post on Bluesky, she wrote ominously:

“People find comfort in the belief that Trump & his motley band of toadies will be gone in four years. But I fear he won’t leave. I fear he will try to change the Constitution — or ignore it — or start a war, maybe with China, in the belief that wartime will grant him a third term.”

Her words echoed similar fears voiced by political analysts who have warned that Trump’s second term could bring “unprecedented challenges to constitutional norms” (Politico).

The Gilded Age, Reimagined

Cultural critics have long drawn parallels between Trump’s taste and the Gilded Age — the late 19th-century era defined by excess wealth and moral decay. “He’s not so much reviving the Gilded Age as parodying it,” wrote Vanity Fair, noting that Trump’s decor “transforms opulence into something almost cartoonish — all gold, all spectacle, all the time.”

And yet, to his supporters, that glitter represents success — a bold rejection of political elitism. “He’s the first president who doesn’t pretend to be modest,” said one Trump voter in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

The Golden Joke That Says It All

In the end, Mia Farrow’s viral “gold toilet” jab wasn’t really about furniture or fixtures — it was about what she and many others see as Trump’s ongoing transformation of American leadership into an exercise in self-worship.

Whether viewed as satire or symbolism, her post captured a larger sentiment: a mix of exhaustion, disbelief, and dark humor that has come to define the Trump era.

As The Atlantic aptly put it, “The joke writes itself — but the consequences may not be so funny.”
(Sources: The Washington Post, CNN, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Politico, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal)