White House portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will not be unveiled until Donald Trump leaves office because of the two president's bitter clashes
Barack Obama will not return to the White House to unveil his presidential portrait while Donald Trump is still in office
Both the current and former president have no interest in participating in the long-held tradition as the public war-of-words between the two heightened
Since the 1970s, the previous president and first lady will return to the White House during their successor's first term for a ceremony to unveil the portraits
If Trump wins a second term, the Obamas portraits may not be painted and hung in the White House until 2025
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By Katelyn Caralle, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 08:41 EDT, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 19 May 2020
Barack and Michelle Obama's presidential and first lady portraits will not be unveiled and hung in the White House until Donald Trump is out of office, a Tuesday morning report revealed.
The long-held tradition of current presidents attending the unveiling ceremony of the portraits of their predecessors and their wives during their first term will be skipped during this presidency due to the bitter feud between Trump and Obama, people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
If Trump wins a second term in November, Obama may have to wait until 2025 to have his portrait revealed and displayed in the White House among every U.S. president before him.
Obama, people familiar with the matter said, has no interest in participating in the post-presidency tradition as long as Trump is in office – and Trump has no qualms with snubbing a presidential custom.
The tradition of previous presidents returning to the White House to meet with their successor to unveil their portraits seems to span back to the 1970s, and has provided some rare moments of praise and bipartisanship even for those who have issued harsh criticism of each other or ousted the other from office in sour races.
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