President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” now features partisan descriptions of each former president in classic Trumpian tone, such as calling Barack Obama “one of the most divisive political figures in American history” and Joe Biden “the worst president in American history.”
In late September Trump first remodeled the colonnade that leads into the West Wing, lining the hallway with portraits of each former president in large, ornate golden frames. But new photos on Wednesday revealed plaques describing each president’s tenure in starkly partisan terms, with special ire reserved for Trump’s recent Democratic predecessors.
“Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President of American History,” read one of two plaques below a photograph of an autopen, used in place of a portrait of the former president. “Nicknamed both ‘Sleepy’ and ‘Crooked,’ Joe Biden was dominated by his Radical Left handlers. They and their allies in the Fake News Media attempted to cover up his severe mental decline, and his unprecedented use of the Autopen.”
Portraits of Trump, Biden and Obama are the only ones featuring two plaques, bearing around 150 words each.
Below a portrait of Trump representing his first term, a plaque says the president’s first election represented “an unprecedented realignment that turned the so-called ‘blue wall’ of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin into future Election ‘battlegrounds.’”
The White House’s new plaques also laud Trump’s first term, saying his leadership resulted in “the Greatest Economy in the History of the World,” and credits his response to the COVID-19 pandemic along with withdrawing U.S. support for the Iran nuclear deal and Paris Climate Accords.
Describing Trump’s second term thus far — the longest of description contained in any of the plaques — his reelection is called the result of a campaign that overcame “unprecedented Weaponization of Law Enforcement … [and] two assassination attempts.”
Each written from Trump’s perspective, the plaques criticize the perceived failures of many Democratic presidents and laud the accomplishments of many Republicans.
“Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President, a community organizer, one term Senator from Illinois, and one of the most divisive political figures in American History,” reads one of the two plaques below Obama’s portrait.
“He presided over a stagnant Economy … crippled small businesses with crushing regulation and environmental red tape, devastated American coal miners and weaponized the IRS and Federal bureaucracies against his opponents,” the description continues.
In the description below former President Bill Clinton, the plaque recounts a number of “scandals that plagued his Presidency.”
“He approved NAFTA, which President Donald J. Trump would later terminate as being bad for the United States,” the plaque continues. “In 2016, President Clinton’s wife, Hillary, lost the Presidency to President Donald J. Trump!”
Former President Ronald Reagan’s plaque even claims the late Republican “was a fan” of Trump “long before his run for the White House.
“He survived being shot by an assassin, and confronted the Soviet Union with striking moral clarity, labeling it as an ‘evil empire,’ and putting unprecedented pressure on the Communist menace,” the plaque continues.
The plaques are just one of many cosmetic changes Trump has made to the White House in his first year in office. Most notably, the property where the East Wing once stood has turned into an active demolition site. Trump has proposed plans to construct a $400 million privately funded White House ballroom, which preservation groups are attempting to halt with ongoing litigation.
On top of the ballroom project, Trump redecorated the Oval Office with golden accents including scones and large portraits, and added marble tile and white features to the Palm Room. He also bulldozed the Rose Garden and put in a cement patio.
The Cabinet Room, which frequently hosts televised Cabinet meetings, has undergone a full makeover in order to match Trump’s maximalist taste. The formerly plain, white room has been converted to feature golden molding along the ceiling, matching the golden curtains, large picture frames and crystal chandeliers.
“Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House,” Trump posted to Truth Social in September. “Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, ‘freak out’ when they see the quality and beauty.”
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