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Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« on: August 10, 2025, 05:21:59 pm »
Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
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Betsy Klein
Kristen Holmes

 Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.

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.

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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2025, 05:50:27 pm »
The obama portrait should have been "repositioned"... to the White House basement.
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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2025, 07:32:56 pm »
Yeah, I agree completely, the basement for the fool.  And all the Bushes should be in the basement too.  Both of them were idiots.

Position more paintings of prominent presidents through history:  Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Grant, Eisenhower, T. Roosevelt.

F*** the Democommies, particularly the recent Democommie dummies.
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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2025, 07:57:17 pm »
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Nice. Very nice.
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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2025, 08:42:57 pm »
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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2025, 11:43:29 am »
I know this is going to come as a shocker to everyone here...but CNN is lying.


The portraits were moved to the grand staircase...where the President welcomes visiting dignitaries with the Presidential Entrance March ceremony. There are also portraits of several presidents that are displayed there, and have been throughout its history.

In other words...it's not exactly hidden.
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Re: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2025, 07:53:05 pm »
Not hidden: his buddy Bill Clinton.
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