Donald Trump mocks Barack Obama and Joe Biden in major White House move | World | News
Donald Trump attacked Barack Obama And Joe Biden By hanging insulting plaques under their portraits in the White House. The US President has redesigned the colonnade that runs from the West Wing to the leader’s residence into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.
Portraits of past U.S. presidents line the road, but beneath them new plaques have emerged describing each leader in partisan and Trumpian terms. Former President Barack Obama has been labeled “one of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
The plaque beneath Obama’s portrait adds: “As President, he passed the highly ineffective ‘Affordable’ Care Act, which led to his party losing control of both Houses of Congress and the election of the largest Republican House majority since 1946.”
The barbs end with the false claim that Obama was “spying on the 2016 Presidential Campaign.” Donald J. Trumpand presided over the creation of the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, the worst political scandal in American History.”
Former President Joe Biden’s plaque repeats false claims that Mr. Biden took office “in the most corrupt election ever.”
A plaque beneath former President George W. Bush’s portrait states that Mr. Bush “started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, neither of which should have happened.”
Each plaque uses wording, punctuation and capitalization of words similar to the writing style in Mr. Trump’s social media posts.
On the plate, under the portrait of former president Ronald Reagan, are the following statements: “Known as ‘The Great Communicator,’ Reagan was overwhelmingly re-elected in 1984 and left office with great admiration.”
He adds: “He was a fan of President Donald J. Trump long before President Trump’s historic run for the White House. Likewise, President Trump was a fan of his.”
The plaque beneath former president John F. Kennedy’s portrait praises Mr. Kennedy’s “stirring rhetoric” and his “masterful” handling of the threat of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to defend the plaques in a statement: “The plaques are eloquently written descriptions of each President and the legacy they left behind. As a student of history, many of these were written directly by the President.”
