Cue the leftist outrage.
According to sources who spoke with CNN, the official portraits of former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and George H. W. Bush have been moved to less prominent spots in the White House.
Obama’s portrait to the top of the Grand Staricase, joined by the portraits of the two Bushes, and is now out of view from most visitors who participate in a White House tour and in a heavily restricted area.
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.
Just the News notes, “A photo obtained by CNN shows Obama’s portrait at the top of the stairwell in a corner, at the landing of the entrance to the private residence, which is restricted to members of the first family, Secret Service agents, and a limited number of White House and executive residence staff.”
“The portrait was moved in April across the Grand Foyer of the White House and is being replaced with a painting of Trump surviving an assassination attempt last year in Butler, Pa.”
Obama’s WH portrait just got replaced pic.twitter.com/LN3czTqYo3
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 11, 2025
I was in front of this portrait last week. On the opposite side of them is the portrait of Obama. Both portraits are a modern contrasts to the older feel of the White House. That area is the most interesting part of the White House.
If Trump and Bibi would turn around to look at… pic.twitter.com/xgM0lh5wR1
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) July 8, 2025
Social media users had some suggestions on other potential locations for the portraits.
— Jonas Cord (@JonasCord1961) August 10, 2025
— Donna Marie (@sabback) August 10, 2025
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