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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:07 AM Jul 2020

White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used r

The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week, aides told CNN, and replaced by those of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago.

White House tradition calls for portraits of the most recent American presidents to be given the most prominent placement, in the entrance of the executive mansion, visible to guests during official events.


That was the case through at least July 8, when President Donald Trump welcomed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The two stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and made remarks, with the portraits of Clinton and Bush essentially looking on as they had been throughout Trump's first term.

But in the days after after that, the Clinton and Bush portraits were moved into the Old Family Dining Room, a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-portraits-of-bill-clinton-and-george-w-bush-moved-from-prominent-space-to-rarely-used-room/ar-BB16SJkG?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used r (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jul 2020 OP
I wouldn't worry about it. Trump won't have a portrait. Renew Deal Jul 2020 #1
trump doing this kind of petty shit is exactly what makes Mary Trump's book totally believable Walleye Jul 2020 #2
Trumps portrait should be in the area where all the trash is collected to be trucked out of the WH lunasun Jul 2020 #3
Throw some orange paint on a canvas, Ilsa Jul 2020 #4
Or something like this, with a pumpkin instead of an apple. tanyev Jul 2020 #5
Add considerable girth to the torso frazzled Jul 2020 #6

Renew Deal

(81,866 posts)
1. I wouldn't worry about it. Trump won't have a portrait.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:10 AM
Jul 2020

He will be remembered as a mistake. Someone people voted against.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. Trumps portrait should be in the area where all the trash is collected to be trucked out of the WH
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:17 AM
Jul 2020

Then maybe accidents happen, it falls on the ground face down and is kicked around
maybe lands up under one of the dumpsters and the frame breaks, it falls apart

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
4. Throw some orange paint on a canvas,
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:24 AM
Jul 2020

Make a puckered, open pie-hole, and trump's portrait is done. Put it next to a laundry chute.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
6. Add considerable girth to the torso
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:01 AM
Jul 2020

and hunch the posture over and shorten the hands. Oh, just forget it; it's an insult to Magritte.

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