People Are Talking About Past And Current Photos Showing "Improper" Oval Office Etiquette

Just about every story we hear these days deals in some way with the White House or the new president, Donald J. Trump. While most of these stories are dense and deal with high-level domestic and foreign policy matters, sometimes the lighter, fluffier aspects of politics are what people want to hear about. 

At various points during the Obama administration, you may have heard some people complaining about President Obama’s Oval Office etiquette. Well, Oval Office manners are back in the news because of something Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway just did. 

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The Oval Office is the place where huge decisions are made, both at the domestic and foreign levels. 

There’s no doubt that this is probably the highest profile office in the world, so how are you supposed to act if you get a chance to spend time there?

Recently, people have been comparing how Obama and some in the Trump administration act when they are in this historic space. 

Why, you may ask? People on both sides have gotten pretty riled up about the way that certain individuals have treated the furniture in the Oval Office. Let’s take a look at the debate…

During the Obama administration, several photos surfaced that some claimed had President Obama showing “poor etiquette” in the Oval Office. 

Here is one commonly shared photo showing him with his foot up on the Resolute Desk. 

Here is another shot of President Obama using the desk as a foot rest. 

Some have pointed out that the Resolute Desk isn’t just any desk that you put your feet on. After all, it was given to Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880. 

The examples keep going on and on, and some people were pretty angry about it…