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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/white-house-portraits-clinton-bush-trump/index.htmlWASHINGTON (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.
Quixote1818
(28,928 posts)MiniMe
(21,714 posts)At least Biden will put Obama's up.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)Wait until he gets a load of how we commemorate his tenure.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)And he hates Clinton and Bush that much. Of course, if he had hung Obama's portrait, Obama and Bush would be seen by him. and yes, he is that petty.
sdfernando
(4,929 posts)if there ever is an official tangeranus portrait it should be placed prominently in the urinal in the men's restroom.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)dhill926
(16,336 posts)what an asshole....
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)After his visit to Mt. Rushmore, I fully expected a campaign by the MAGATs to have his head carved with the rest. I wish I could find it, but there was a video of Trump in front of the carvings which gave one the thought of what Mt. Rushmore would look like with his head included. I found it!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mt.+rushmore&docid=13821213543463&mid=ACD870831BFDD7FD0607ACD870831BFDD7FD0607&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Or maybe Andrew Johnson.