Once a dramatic feature
Yes, he’s reckless and ignorant and corrupt and greedy, but on the other hand he’s also spiteful and malicious and destructive.
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.
He might as well throw himself down on the floor and yell and scream that Obama is still smarter and better looking than he is and it’s just not fair.
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.
So there! Nyah!
White House protocol and precedent 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 and visitors on tours.
Yeah but protocol and precedent have to give way to the jealousy and stupidity of the current “president.”
Once he’s dead, I can only hope his portrait gets hung in some White House toilet.
Once he’s dead, I hope his portarait gets flushed down some White House toilet.
Moving portraits is one thing, but I dread to think what the ballroom he’s having built will look like. It’s going to be a 90,000 sq.ft. extension built onto the East Wing, and of course he’s bypassing all the usual protocols to get it done.
From Wikipedia:
Oh, did I forget to mention the modernisation of the East Wing at the same time? Also, his taste in decor is being questioned.
It’s going to be ghastly.
Oops. Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_State_Ballroom
Should the White House Ball Room be a larger version of the ones in McDonalds?
Jim @ #5: The ‘golden arches’ of a McDonald’s Wing could fit in nicely with Trump’s idea of decor. From there, it’s an obvious next step to a gold-plated McDonald’s Wing, and on from there after a suitable short interval, to gold-plating the entire building. It would of course, then best be renamed the Gold House, there followed (as the race-callers say), by ‘The Donald Trump Gold House.’ It is only a small step onwards from there to ‘The Donald Trump Gold Mine;’ the more so if he declares himself President for Life, and his appointees (stooges?) in the Supreme Court back him up.
This is just another indication that he has no intention of leaving the White House…ever.