The White House hung an unusual new painting of President Donald Trump in recent days on the wall where Hillary Clinton’s portrait had been.
The rendering of Trump’s face, overlaid with an American flag, was done by a MAGA-aligned artist and now rests between two official first lady portraits.
Trump previously bumped Barack Obama’s official portrait from the most visible slot in the White House Grand Foyer to hang a photograph taken immediately after his July 2024 assassination attempt.
President Donald Trump is continuing his MAGA-centric renovation of the White House, which includes a shocking new piece of artwork.
In addition to constructing two 88-foot-high flag poles, hiring his “gold guy” to install some gilded accents and paving over the Rose Garden, the Trump administration also did some rearranging of White House artwork.
On a prominent wall in the East Wing of the building, the official first lady portrait of Hillary Clinton was replaced with a portrait of a former Republican first lady, Patricia Nixon.
Then, crammed in between Nixon and a portrait of another former first lady, Laura Bush, a new portrait was added: a depiction of Trump’s face overlaid with the American flag.
The portrait of Nixon, PEOPLE can confirm, was moved from its recent home in the Vermeil Room, located on the other side of the East Colonnade.
Clinton’s portrait, meanwhile, is currently on loan at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., as part of their “Portraits From a Presidency” exhibit. The White House says it did not choose to remove Clinton’s portrait from the White House, and was only responsible for deciding how to replace it.
Eagle-eyed observers caught that the unusual new presidential painting was signed by “MAGA Angelo,” a Trump supporter who created similar portraits of Melania Trump and Ronald Reagan that were displayed at a recent Republican event.
MAGA Angelo’s portrait of Trump — a notable departure from the usual White House aesthetic — isn’t the first new piece of art that’s been installed since Trump took office for the second time in January.
In April, the White House swapped out the official portrait of former President Barack Obama in the Grand Foyer and replaced it with a painting based on a photograph of Trump immediately following his July 2024 assassination attempt. The new artwork shows Trump raising his fist after a bullet grazed his ear at a rally in Butler, Pa.
The replacement broke White House tradition, as it is customary to include the two most recent presidential portraits in the Grand Foyer, near the entrance of the executive mansion, so state guests and visitors can view them in a prominent location.
Since Trump and Joe Biden’s portraits are not yet complete, the two most recent presidential portraits on display were that of Obama and his predecessor, President George W. Bush. Obama is now displayed on the opposite side of the Grand Foyer, and Bush’s portrait was moved to a different area beside his father’s.
Trump did the same in his first term, replacing portraits of former Presidents Bush and Bill Clinton in the Grand Foyer in favor of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Also in this term, a framed New York Post cover of Trump’s 2023 mug shot was spotted just outside the Oval Office, and the president additionally hung a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence near the Resolute Desk, complete with blue curtains on both sides.
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While showing off the display to ABC News reporter Terry Moran — who was recently fired by the network for a social media post about Trump and his adviser Stephen Miller — the president was asked what the document meant to him.
Trump replied, “Well, it means exactly what it says, it’s a declaration. A declaration of unity and love and respect, and it means a lot. And it’s something very special to our country.”
