A look inside Biden's Oval Office

[demmiblue]

President Biden has filled the Oval Office with images of American leaders and icons, focusing the room around massive portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt that hangs across from the Resolute Desk. It is a clear nod to a president who helped the country through significant crises, a challenge Biden now also faces.

The Oval Office is synonymous with the power and majesty of the American presidency. All incoming presidents change the decor of the largely symbolic room to offer a sense of their personality and the type of presidency they hope to have. Biden’s is notable for the sheer number of portraits and busts of well-known American historical figures.

Some are paired, with paintings of President Thomas Jefferson and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton hung near each other — the two men frequently disagreed and were placed together to illustrate the benefits that come from differing views. Biden’s office said the paintings were twinned as “hallmarks of how differences of opinion, expressed within the guardrails of the Republic, are essential to democracy.”

“This Oval is an Oval for Day One,” said Ashley Williams, the deputy director of Oval Office operations, as she gave The Post an exclusive 20-minute tour of the office before Biden set foot in the room.

“It was important for President Biden to walk into an Oval that looked like America and started to show the landscape of who he is going to be as president,” Williams said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/biden-oval-office/

[Squinch]

1. Soooooo much better!

[Dem2theMax]

2. It looks absolutely beautiful.

And I love how President Biden is surrounding himself with images that celebrate our heritage, as well as inspiring him personally.

I can actually feel the dignity and honor that have once again filled that room.

[soothsayer]

3. The human touch