The White House moved the official portrait of former President Barack Obama to a new location in the East Room, replacing it with a painting of President Donald Trump with his fist raised in the air right after last year's assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The portrait appears to be based on a photo of then-candidate Trump, bloodied and surrounded by Secret Service agents, still onstage after being shot at the campaign event. That image, along with Trump’s words to “fight, fight, fight,” became a hallmark of Trump’s bid for a second term.
The White House unveiled the switch in a brief video posted on X Friday, accompanied with text that said, “Some new artwork at the White House.”
A spokesperson for Obama did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday night.
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The new Trump painting takes a spot traditionally reserved for the most recent official presidential portrait. Former President Joe Biden, who left office in January, does not yet have an official portrait.
Tradition dictates that the portraits hanging in this spot — next to the East Room in the foyer after walking into the White House — are of the most recent presidents, but that is not a hard and fast rule, a former White House official told NBC News. The president can direct the curator to move things around.
The former official noted that during his first term, Trump moved the portraits of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
