Like others perhaps, I used to think that the ‘Resolute desk’ in the Oval Office of the White House was named to inspire the occupant to be ‘resolute’. A pleasing idea. If only… Instead, it is a daily reminder of exactly what’s missing from the current incumbent.
The desk is actually named for its origins.
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