Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell
Source: CNN Politics
Updated Aug 10, 2025, 1:31 PM ET
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2025, 10:07 AM ET
Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents. Portraits of other recent predecessors with whom President Donald Trump has a contentious relationship, former President George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, have also been moved.
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.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/politics/trump-moves-obama-bush-portraits-to-hidden-stairwell

Dave Bowman
(5,735 posts)wcmagumba
(4,633 posts)
Katinfl
(467 posts)The Madcap
(1,450 posts)Or covered in ketchup and fed to the woodchipper.
CaptainTruth
(7,868 posts)...bring your own toilet paper.
underpants
(192,552 posts)Theres a discussion of it here include a first hand account from his second ghostwriter
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20543457
sheshe2
(93,450 posts)TurboDem
(332 posts)sitting on the curb with the trash cans when the next dem president takes over.
lonely bird
(2,501 posts)And stick it facing the wall in the service elevator shaft.
calimary
(87,634 posts)slightlv
(6,506 posts)keeps all his "important" stuff, anyway!
Mawspam2
(1,021 posts)Quanto Magnus
(1,241 posts)I suggest we move his portrait to reside by the dumpster....
Seinan Sensei
(1,125 posts)with TSFs face on it.
riversedge
(77,510 posts)kskiska
(27,162 posts)yet.
TomSlick
(12,688 posts)I favor a public restroom used by tour groups - with a Sharpie hanging from a long string.
slightlv
(6,506 posts)rickyhall
(5,483 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(1,389 posts)She didn't want Michelle's speech to be the only thing she took.
That poor Felon has had a lifetime of being inadequate. And it's not getting any better.
pansypoo53219
(22,555 posts)Norrrm
(2,831 posts)amcgrath
(410 posts)who felt so desperately inferior to George W Bush. It's astonishing
thought crime
(740 posts)Or maybe just Dr. Evil?
Bayard
(26,775 posts)trump is full of shit and spite.
Figarosmom
(8,130 posts)Walks past it every day. So I wonder if trump flips it off daily or talks to it Ala Nixon.
At least he didn't have ut destroyed.
scarletlib
(3,554 posts)Its pure jealousy and resentment by Trump. Its petty and small. Trump is a small petty and pitiful human being. Thats the best I can say about him.
Bengus81
(9,262 posts)as others snubbed him. That's ok Hitler,move that pic,we'll be back one day and YOURS will be placed in the gardeners shitter.
Brainfodder
(7,690 posts)The 5 worst before him?
TACO entering FO phase?
IzzaNuDay
(1,082 posts)Bush & Obama still live rent free in his demented mind!