Several reports citing anonymous sources have come out seeking to shed light behind the scenes on the day-to-day operations of the new White House.
President Donald Trump has been in office for 18 days, and while he's made sweeping changes to the government, his life has been upended, as well.
A New York Times report published Sunday from Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman offers one of the most detailed accounts of how Trump spends his days, and especially his nights. The president called the article a "total fiction" on Twitter Monday.
Here are nine of the most bizarre details we gleaned from The Times' report, and other stories about Trump's White House:
Since his wife Melania and their young son Barron are still living in New York, Trump spends most of his nights alone, typically retiring to the residence by 6:30 p.m.
President Donald Trump returns to the White House after visiting the Department of Homeland Security on January 25, 2017.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Source: New York Times
He apparently had a much larger TV installed in the presidential dining room so he can watch cable news during lunch.
President Barack Obama has lunch with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, Feb. 11, 2011. You can see his tiny TV in the background.Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Source: New York Times
The Times also suggested Trump watches more cable news in his bathrobe, upstairs and alone in the White House at night.
Sean Spicer: "I don't think the president owns a bathrobe." (via @justinsink
Let's see, Google "Trump" "bathrobe" ... OH MY GOD
Source: New York Times
Trump's aides reportedly had meetings in the dark because they couldn't figure out how to use the light switches in the Cabinet Room.
President Barack Obama holds a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Nov. 23, 2009, with the lights on.Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Source: New York Times
Trump redecorated the Oval Office in his personal style, swapping Obama's crimson curtains for gold ones.
President Donald Trump, watched by (L-R) Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, head of the White House Trade Council Peter Navarro and senior advisor Jared Kushner, signs an executive order on January 23, 2017.ReutersHe did keep the Resolute Desk, though, which presidents have used since First Lady Jackie Kennedy placed it in the Oval Office for her husband. It was a gift from Queen Victoria.
Captured this last night as @POTUS @realDonaldTrump sits at his desk in the Oval Office for the first time in the @WhiteHouse. #POTUS45
Source: AP
Though media reports were a bit confused at first on the bust situation in the Oval Office, Trump has kept one of Martin Luther King, Jr. that Obama added and brought in another one of Winston Churchill, as well.
British Prime Minister Theresa May and Trump in the Oval Office on January 27, 2017 with the bust of Winston Churchill between them.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Source: Washington Post
Trump replaced Obama's circular "quote rug" that featured famous quotes from former presidents around its perimeter with a golden carpet that appears to be the same design as the "sunburst" rug that George W. Bush had.
Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Source: AP
Trump personally selected a portrait of Andrew Jackson to hang in the Oval Office, since many have compared him to the nation's first populist president.
Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2017, with Jackson's painting behind him.Alex Brandon/Associated PressCredits: Business Insider
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