White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (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.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/white-house-portraits-clinton-bush-trump/index.html

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[madaboutharry]

1. Trump is angry and jealous because all three of the past presidents

were re-elected to serve a second term. He knows that his re-election is in deep trouble and it is driving him mad.

[Linda Ed]

88. Trump hasn't even allowed Obamas portrait to be unveiled in the White House

As soon as Trump is out, there will be nothing in the White House to remind us that he was ever there... A total failure, embarrassment and stain on our country.

Trump is a petty, nasty, cruel, vindictive little man. Emotional development of a two-year old. His immaturity level is matched only by his narcissism. He just showed how tacky and unpresidential he is . That is something a spoiled child would do . He knows he can't hold a candle to most of them

[dchill]

2. Imagine where Trump's portrait is going to end up.

[dweller]

5. is there a nursery in the White House ?

🤔

✌🏼

[dchill]

8. Or a potato cellar?

[thucythucy]

9. Or an outhouse?

[dchill]

12. Or a bunker?

[jb5150]

16. Or a dumpster?

[SunSeeker]

50. Yes! The underground bunker!

Where Trump cowered while Americans peacefully protested outside the White House.

Perfect!

[magicarpet]

15. Junk/trash/swill room.

[dchill]

19. Like on the Death Star!

[2naSalit]

26. That might not be a good idea...

Don't want to terrorize kids! You've seen how kids respond to him.

[dweller]

32. you have a point

the dumpster would be best

✌🏼

[Roy Rolling]

76. Love the graphic!

Imma gonna lift that one. 😂😂

[2naSalit]

83. The "NO!" ?

I stole it, it's deserving of widespread use.

[NonPC]

14. The Furnace Room

Seems appropriate for where his soul will end up

[2naSalit]

28. Yeah, inside the firebox!

[Ahpook]

24. Hanging over the bunker shitter?

[ornotna]

30. The natural location

Should be the mudroom. Need something to set those dirty shoes on, wouldn't want to mess up the floor.

[txwhitedove]

33. Put it in an entertainment room/playroom to throw darts at!!

[Rebl2]

36. In the

dumpster I would think

[oldsoftie]

37. In the shitter?

[mdbl]

45. you beat me to it LOL

[cstanleytech]

53. Over the men's urinal?

[KS Toronado]

55. With his mouth as the target to aim at?

[cstanleytech]

59. Its either that or the toilets to see how well he deals with some of the same type of shit he spews

forth on twitter.

[lastlib]

61. you mean this?

[dchill]

69. That's poifick!

[KS Toronado]

81. Exactly what I was thinking about, will share your pic.

[GulfCoast66]

60. He will never sit for a painting.

And if he gets his way it will look like a velvet Elvis compared to the other presidents. Which I think is fitting.

[dchill]

67. That's OK. Der Spiegel will come up with something appropriate.

[muriel_volestrangler]

66. Above "Most Wanted"

but with "suspect is not able to flee far on foot. Most likely to be lured with fast food."

[totodeinhere]

68. I would attach it to a toilet seat. n/t

[Cha]

70. On the Toxic Steaming Pile of Shite.

[usaf-vet]

80. How about his prison cell wall. No mirror just the picture.

[wcmagumba]

3. Drumph thinks the eyes are always following him...

they are....

[Cha]

71. Like this? You made me think of it...

v

[electric_blue68]

72. Bawaaahahaaaaa!!! Never seen this. Thanks! : D

[Cha]

73. You're Welcome, electric_blue.. That was my reaction

when I first saw it. Let's Make IT Happen!

[BumRushDaShow]

74. OMG and Mahalo Cha!

[Cha]

75. Rofl!

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BRDS!

[wcmagumba]

84. That's great, I hadn't seen this...

and Lincoln's ghost should be spitting ectoplasm at his bedroom door nightly...

[Newest Reality]

4. He's getting busy...

Instead of working, he is rearranging portraits.

I take that back, he's spinning around like the Tasmanian Devil cartoon character and leaving a path of destruction now. It's just one thing after another.

At this rate, we will be in a different country by the time of the election. Yikes!

Is he going to move the White House to Tulsa next?

[Ohiogal]

6. He is so immature and petty.

I hate him so much.

[onetexan]

7. What did he do with Obama's portrait? Is it still there?

[dweller]

11. he never hung it

no unveiling anyway

✌🏼

[rzemanfl]

20. Drumpf is touchy about the word "hung."

Stormy Daniels could comment on one reason.
Sadamm Hussein can't comment on the other.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. There was controversy about this a couple of months ago.

For the first time, the sitting president did not invite the previous president back to the White House for a ceremony revealing the official portrait:

In a Sign of a Divided America, President Trump Will Not Unveil Barack Obama’s New Portrait in the White House Anytime Soon
For the first time in decades, the former and sitting presidents will not meet for the debut of the official artwork.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213469577

[thesquanderer]

10. Who bothers redecorating a house when they're moving out in six months? n/t

[Delarage]

44. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

[idziak4ever1234]

13. Trump moved Obama's portrait to his bedroom

So he can shoot spitballs at it.

[RockRaven]

17. Turnabout is fair play, Dotard. Yours is going to be placed next to the door leading

outside to the cafeteria's dumpster. Asshole!!!

[George II]

22. They White House is going to purchase custom urinal cakes with his face embossed on them.

[oldsoftie]

38. You know, I bet DU could sell a million of those......

[TeamPooka]

64. Put it in the basement. Near the furnace

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

78. A statue 0f himself would probably be more to Fat Donnie's liking.

Bolt it in front of Trump Tower.

[PSPS]

18. Has he started talking to the portraits yet? That's usually the last stop before the drain.

[George II]

21. What a petty little dick he is.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Yeah, that is it in a nutshell

LOL

[BigmanPigman]

23. The fucking moron has broken all "norms and protocols"

from Day 1.

[Under The Radar]

25. If he doesn't follow the constitution, traditions be damned

[NurseJackie]

27. He's got the maturity of a 12 year old boy.

[EarthFirst]

29. Whatever. Fuck his petty bullshit.

We already know how petty this motherfucker is...

There are far larger issues to contend with; however.

[Thomas Hurt]

31. I think it should be set in the floor in front of urinal to catch the spatter.

[OAITW r.2.0]

34. Kind of corroborates Mary Trump's professional observations....

Don Trump's emotional maturity was stunted in his formative years. I am convinced that Trump's descent began at the WH Press corp dinner when Obama exposed and humiliated him in front of a national audience. He never recovered from that and he is living in his own made up hell. He did it to himself. Probably had no choice, his creditor demanded the terms of the agreement be met.

[jalan48]

39. Trump is a troll, he gets off on pissing people off.

[louis-t]

40. He's a petty little fuck, isn't he?

[roamer65]

41. We should deface any portrait of the Dotard.

[area51]

42. How juvenile & pathetic.

[calclar]

43. still trying to stoke up the base, huh?

[WestLosAngelesGal]

47. I don't trust him to keep those portraits in a safe place

I hope someone keeps track of them and makes sure they are not destroyed or "lost"

[SergeStorms]

48. What a petty little coward Trump is.

But, we already knew that. Nothing surprises me from that cowardly little fuckwit anymore. I haven't had a drink in over 20 years (not for any special reason, mind you) but on January 20, 2021 I'm going to get blind, stinking drunk, just to celebrate the end of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States.

[riversedge]

49. when are congressional Republicans going to say ENOUGH!!

[AdamGG]

51. Didn't Nixon talk to the portraits in his final days?

Or was that just Dan Akroyd on Saturday Night Live?

[DeminPennswoods]

63. Yes

Nixon was reportedly drinking heavily during his final days in office. IIRC, this was related to that.

[OnlinePoker]

52. I'd bury Trump's portrait in the White House Garden (unless he's ripped that up)

Can you imagine how well the plants would grow with that amount of bullshit acting as fertilizer?

[dlk]

54. Trump is unraveling

He is more dangerous than ever.

[iluvtennis]

56. What a small petty person trump is - PATHETIC. nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

57. He is intimidated by PORTRAITS???

Imagine him actually having to talk to them across a negotiating table. When even George W can run rings around you, you should open a vein.

[connecticut yankee]

58. Every time

I think he can't sink any lower, he fools me.

[3Hotdogs]

62. When he gets booted out in January, and if there even is a portrait,

I hope they build an outhouse in back of the White House. Put his portrait on the back of the door, underneath the quarter moon.

[jmowreader]

86. Oh, there'll be a portrait

[Judi Lynn]

65. He's trying to tell the world he's hopelessly out of place among the living presidents. n/t

[xxqqqzme]

77. He will not have a portrait.

Just a frame with a blank canvas.

[left-of-center2012]

79. "that the room had essentially become a storage room during the last three years"

From the linked article:

"... that room (the Old Family Dining Room) had essentially become a storage room during the last three years."

[HuskyOffset]

82. I've seen some pretty good suggestions that come close,

but there is only one real location for Trump's portrait: painted on the inside of the toilet bowl in the White House guest bathroom. You could charge $1 to let people use the bathroom. You'd make a fortune, which would go into a fund to clean the Trump taint out of the White House.

[Thekaspervote]

85. Ha! They will have to put dotard's portrait behind bars to protect it

His legacy will be the single most HATED person ever to be elected to office

[Linda Ed]

87. Not his house. He may reside there, but it belongs to the people of the United States.

Throw whatever portrait is painted of Trump in the garbage because he's trash! He's getting wackier and crazier every day - can't wait for the day he is hauled off to Bellevue's psych ward!

What a pathetic loser!!!!!