Trump Paintings Multiply on White House Walls as Other Presidents' Portraits Get Moved. See What's Been Added
President Donald Trump is hanging even more portraits of himself around the White House.
This week, a new painting of the president was revealed on social media. Longtime Trump ally Sebastian Gorka, who is currently serving as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, shared a photo on X of the artwork, which shows Trump walking forward, his hands tucked into a long dark coat, flanked by rows of American flags.
"One of the new @WhiteHouse paintings of President @realDonaldTrump," Gorka captioned the post. "More to come."
Another new addition to the White House art collection was shared in May by New York Times White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh.
McCreesh posted a photo to X of a portrait depicting Trump with late Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln looking over his shoulder, which he said was spotted "on the walls of the West Wing."
Trump showed off another recent painting of himself, the one pictured above, while posing for a photo with European leaders during a Ukraine summit at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18.
White House communications adviser Margo Martin shared a video on X of Trump pointing out the artistic depiction of his July 2024 assassination attempt, which she called his "Butler 'Fight, Fight, Fight' painting."
The painting, which has hung in the White House since April, shows him raising his fist while surrounded by Secret Service agents after a bullet grazed his ear at a rally in Butler, Pa.. "That was not a great day!" Trump joked to the group.
Other additions to the White House walls during Trump's second term have included an unorthodox painting of Trump's face overlaid with an American flag — which was crammed in between portraits of two former first ladies — as well as a new presidential portrait that bears a striking resemblance to his August 2023 mug shot. A framed New York Post cover showing his actual mug shot was also spotted on a wall just outside the Oval Office.
The latest Trump artwork revealed by Gorka comes just a week after a White House official confirmed to PEOPLE that the president had broken precedent to move Barack Obama's official portrait out of public view.
White House tradition says that the two most recent presidential portraits should hang prominently on either side of the Grand Foyer for members of the public to appreciate during tours and events. Since President Joe Biden's White House portrait has not yet been completed, the two most recent portraits are of Obama and George W. Bush.
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Back in April, the president swapped Obama's portrait with the "Fight, Fight, Fight" assassination attempt painting. Now, Obama's portrait has been moved even further from public view, to the top of the Grand Staircase.
The stairwell, which leads up to the president's private living area, is off-limits to visitors and partially obstructed from public view. CNN reported that Obama's portrait in particular is "firmly out of view" for visitors.
Insiders also told the outlet that Trump signs off on nearly all aesthetic changes to the White House, no matter how small.
A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment on the recent change.
The portraits aren't the only major change that Trump has made since taking office for a second time. He's also come under fire from critics for his gaudy makeover of the Oval Office.
An April report in The Wall Street Journal revealed that the president had enlisted his "gold guy," cabinetmaker John Icart, to create golden borders for his political portraits, gilded carvings for the fireplace mantel and a gold Trump crest in a doorway.
Musician Jack White slammed the Oval Office's new look in an Instagram rant following Trump's Aug. 18 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Look at how disgusting Trump has transformed the historic White House," White wrote. "It's now a vulgar, gold-leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler's dressing room. Can't wait for the UFC match on the front lawn too, he's almost fully achieved the movie 'Idiocracy.' "
"Look at his disgusting taste, would you even buy a used car from this conman, let alone give him the nuclear codes?" he continued. "A gold-plated Trump bible would look perfect up on that mantle with a pair of Trump shoes on either side, wouldn't it? What an embarrassment to American history."
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