Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell

Former President Barack Obama, a dramatic feature of the White House entrance path, underlined the tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents, which was absolutely lasted to a less prominent position.

Portraits of other recent predecessors, where President Donald Trump has a controversial relationship, were also moved to former President George W. Bush and his father George HW Bush.

Trump led the staff to move the portrait of Obama to the top of the big ladder, and two sources familiar with the issue told CNN– Now every day, thousands of visitors who visit the White House will not be seen. One of the sources added that the portraits of both bush are now in the stairs area.

More than one source said the President’s directly involved in almost everything that is large or small in the aesthetics of the White House.

CNN took a photo of the portrait of Obama, which was hanging in a corner at the top of the stairwell, which was hanging at the descent of the entrance of the private residence. This area is largely limited with members of the first family, US secret service agencies and limited number of White House and Administrative Residence Personnel. To see the picture of the former president, a fotogealist Robert McCurdy, a familiar source, is certain for any visitors.

Obama was not re -positioned for the first time. In April, the portrait of Obama was moved to the Great Foyer of the White House and was replaced by an iconic Trump scene that survived in an attempt to assassinate Pennsylvania, Butler.

The White House Protocol and its Essential requires the most important settlement at the entrance of the mansion, which can be seen by the guests during the official activities and visitors of the last American presidents.

Former president Joe Biden’s portrait has not yet been completed.

Portrait maneuvers indicate Trump’s last light against a perceived political opponent.

The tensions between Trump and Obama have increased in recent months. Trump recently accused Obama of betraying Obama and his members during the 2016 elections, and his office made a rare statement from his predecessor, called “ugly”, “strange” and “attempt to distract attention ..

Pamela Bondi, the FBI Director of the President, then ordered the prosecutors to initiate a major jury investigation for the allegations that Obama administration officials produce intelligence about the intervention of Russia’s 2016 elections.

There were long tensions between the Trump and the Bush family. Elder Bush, who died in 2018, called Trump as “Blowhard in the biography and voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 elections. George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, who Trump attacked as a “unsuccessful and dull” president, participated in the opening of the President’s 2025, but did not attend lunch after the series.

CNN reached the White House and White House History Association for comment. Former President Obama spokesman refused to comment.

In the first period of Trump, he replaced the portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in Grand Foye, and chose to emphasize William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

The official tradition of the presidential portrait, which was specially financed by the White House History Association, was realized in the early 1960s at the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. accordingly Former White House curator Betty Monkman. Before that, there was a relatively “random policy, in Monkman 2017, he said that portraits were financed by the congress in a podcast for the association or that the president was appointed by the President himself.

In the modern age of the White House portraits, the presidents and the first ladies invited their predecessors, former staff and friends and their families to reveal ceremonies.

During the Johnson administration, Eleanor Roosevelt’s portrait of the portrait of the opening of a ceremony reminded of a ceremony, “the current president and the first Lady of all these people from an outgoing administration is a expression of generosity,” he said.

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