US President Elect Donald Trump's office is on the 26th floor of the Trump Tower and has panoramic views of Central Park - but is encased by bullet proof glass installed to foil any assassination attempts.
1. Beautiful Country A Novel by J.R. Thornton. A coming-of-age story set in modern day China centering on the friendship between an American and a Chinese boy who meet while training with Beijing's Junior National Tennis Team.
2. Two copies of Unprecedented, a CNN book on Trump's 2016 election victory.
3. A Tree of Life humanitarian award given to Trump by the Jewish National Fund in 1983.
4. America's Cup foundation award. Trump has previously funded a US yacht in the prestigious sailing contest, which began in 1851.
5. His Sholom humanitarian award, also from the Jewish community, which he called one of his most valuable possessions.
6. A photograph of Trump's father, Frederick, who died in 1999. He was a property magnate and an inspiration to his tycoon son.
7. The Nathan Hale patriot award, which was given to Trump in 2015. The musket award honours Hale, an American soldier who was executed by the British in 1776 at the age of 21.
8. A bumper sticker from Trump's presidential campaign, carrying his slogan 'Make America Great Again'.
9. A bundle of copies of the Financial Times
10. Copy of an issue of GQ magazine with Trump on the cover
11. A boomerang awarded to Trump by The Forum Club in 1995 for pulling off what they described as the ‘Comeback of the Decade’ after he turned his business around following the 1980s real esate market collapse
12. Photograph of Trump with John F. Kennedy Jr, the son of 35th President, JFK. ‘John John’, who was three when his father was assasinated, died in a plane crash in 1999.
13. Playboy front cover from 1990. Trump is one of the few men to ever appear on the cover of the magazine
14. Variety magazine figures declaring The Apprentice to be the number one TV show in the US in 2004
His walls, desk and even his sofa are covered with awards, memorabilia including a Playboy magazine and photographs from his past including a portrait on his desk of his property mogul father Fred, who died in 1999 aged 93.
It is also packed with reminders of his election win in November, including a pile of 'Make America Great Again caps and several copies of 'Unprecedented' - a glossy hardback book on his path to the White House.
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