According to a CNN report, former President Barack Obama’s official portrait has been moved to a far less prominent spot in the Trump White House, highlighting the long-running tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.
Portraits of other Trump rivals, former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, have also been relocated.
Trump ordered staff to move the Obama portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, two sources told CNN, placing it out of sight for the thousands of daily White House visitors. The Bush portraits now hang in the same staircase area.
From CNN:
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.
It’s not the first time the Obama painting has been repositioned. In April, the Obama portrait was moved across the Grand Foyer of the White House and replaced with a painting of an iconic scene of Trump surviving an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
More over at Red State:
Trump Moves Obama and Bush Portraits to a Hidden Stairwell in the White House: ‘Firmly Out of View’https://t.co/MbzRUkiDlP
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