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[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The difference is that this is in a historic imperial palace (Yildiz palace) with (refurbished) historic imperial chairs... They don't just look like they were build for the padishah, they were build for the padishah (Abdul Hamid II).

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well that is another reason why he is a copy cat. Even Biden sat on the golden throne but haven't seen Trump's photo there. He wants his own golden plated furniture.