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Posted on 08/10/2025 1:45:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Portraits of other recent predecessors with whom President Donald Trump has a contentious relationship, former President George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, have also been moved.
Trump directed staff to move the Obama portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, where it will now be out of view from thousands of visitors who tour the White House each day. One of the sources added that the portraits of both Bushes are also now in the staircase area.
Multiple sources have said that the president is directly involved with nearly everything that is done to the aesthetic of the White House, big or small.
CNN obtained a photo of the Obama portrait hanging at the top of the stairwell in a corner, at the landing of the entrance to the private residence. That area is heavily restricted to members of the first family, US Secret Service agents, and a limited number of White House and executive residence staff. It is firmly out of view for any visitor hoping to see the photorealistic Robert McCurdy painting of the former president, a source familiar with the matter confirmed.
It’s not the first time the Obama painting has been repositioned. In April, the Obama portrait was moved across the Grand Foyer of the White House and replaced with a painting of an iconic scene of Trump surviving an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
White House protocol and precedent 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 and visitors on tours.
A portrait of former President Joe Biden has not yet been completed.
The portrait maneuvers marks Trump’s latest slight against...
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Ain't nothin' "perceived" about it.
Put them in a closet or bathroom.
At least he did not move them where they belong, in the outdoor outhouse!
Ed
Move them to the bottom of the toilet.
Why is he spending any time on this kind of thing? I recall Obama had something given by the UK removed.
“…against a perceived rival”
Obama? In what way does CNN pretend Trump and Obama are rivals?
Trump is in the white hose. Running it. Obama is in hiding running nothing more than a household wherever he is. No one knows
I would have taken the Obama portrait, wiped my ass with it, and thrown it out
“Why is he spending any time on this kind of thing? I recall Obama had something given by the UK removed.”
CNN is spending time. Not Trump. Trump said ‘have that offensive item removed’.
That is a good expenditure of three seconds
How long will it be until some District Judge tries to force President Trump to move them back?
Why?
Where are Trump and Melania’s portraits from his first term?
Because it is important to reduce Obama presence in the White House. That’s why.
He didn't have any "presence" in the White House.
Every president shuffles the shit around. Why should Trump be any different. Has he be lazy, unproductive, and distracted in his first few months?
They are waiting for Idaho to send a potato to use as a model.
“”””A portrait of former President Joe Biden has not yet been completed. “””
They are waiting on the 64 pack of Crayolas.
Up-grading the decor.
Above a toilet for Øbøzø
Obama’s portrait just shows what a trash person he is. Everything about it is gross. The sperms crawling all over. The gay overtones. AND the fact the “artist” subbed it out to some low paid laborers.
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