Posted on 07/17/2020 5:00:01 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
WASHINGTON (CNN) The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week, aides told CNN, and replaced by those of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago.
White House tradition calls for portraits of the most recent American presidents to be given the most prominent placement, in the entrance of the executive mansion, visible to guests during official events.
That was the case through at least July 8, when President Donald Trump welcomed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The two stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and made remarks, with the portraits of Clinton and Bush essentially looking on as they had been throughout Trump's first term.
But in the days after after that, the Clinton and Bush portraits were moved into the Old Family Dining Room, a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitors.
That places the paintings well outside of Trump's vantage point in the White House. In their previous location, the pictures would have been seen daily as Trump descends the staircase from his third floor private residence or when he hosts events on the state floor of the White House. Now, they hang in a space used mainly for storing unused tablecloths and furniture.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Love it!
Hopefully, this CNN report is true.
Good! I approve
I’d have burned em the first day...I guess that’s why I’m not the POTUS....LOL
Yeah and Obama’s portrait should be hanging in the White House’s outhouse to be used if a toilet paper shortage re-occurs.
They should put those outside for the mostly peaceful protest/rioters.
LOL that this even made the news. I guess they are running out of negative things to say.
The POTUS has to walk by these portraits every day, many times a day. It’s his prerogative to move them as he or she sees fit.
They’re in the Old Family Dining Room? Doesn’t the White House have a basement or attic?
BEST ELECTION EVAH!!!
Clinton’s should have been placed in a public bathroom
Trump recently renamed “the Old Family Dining Room” - “The Closet of Traitors.”
Better late than never.
can’t find Obama’s ,he’s hidden in the bushes ,LOL
The press supported the removal of Churchill’s bust which had even more traditional value.
Maybe they should find a statue of Columbus to hang them on.
Good.
Good, neither one served the citizens.
GOOD!!!!
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