What did Trump keep — and ditch — from Biden’s Oval Office decor?
by Addy Bink - 01/25/25 9:00 AM ET
(NEXSTAR) — When the incoming and outgoing presidents are attending the former’s inauguration, staffers back at the White House are faced with a massive undertaking: Move one president out and another in, in just a matter of hours.
That’s what happened Monday, as President Donald Trump was being inaugurated. As soon as he and President Joe Biden began their limousine ride to the Capitol, the changeover began.
“As soon as they leave, the executive residence staff swings into action,” Matthew Costello, chief education officer of the White House Historical Association, said during a recent online program about Inauguration Day history. “Essentially, staff is working nonstop to inventory, process and move all of the personal items of one first family out and a new first family in.”
While most Americans don’t get to see every inch of the White House and the changes that are made between first families, we do get to see the Oval Office.
Every president gets to select how the office looks, from the carpet to the artwork on the wall.
The incoming president can keep any of the features already in place from the outgoing president (Trump appears to be keeping several), but most turn it into their own space.
He has kept the Resolute Desk, which all but three presidents — Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford — have declined to use since it was gifted to President Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880.
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