President Donald Trump is adding even more portraits of himself throughout the White House.
This week, a new painting of the president surfaced on social media. Longtime Trump ally Sebastian Gorka, who currently serves as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, shared a photo on X of the artwork. It depicts Trump walking forward with his hands tucked into a long dark coat, flanked by rows of American flags.
“One of the new @WhiteHouse paintings of President @realDonaldTrump,” Gorka captioned the post. “More to come.”
Another addition to the White House art collection was shared in May by New York Times White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh. McCreesh posted a photo on X of a portrait showing Trump with late Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln looking over his shoulder, which he said was spotted “on the walls of the West Wing.”
Trump highlighted another recent painting of himself while posing for a photo with European leaders during a Ukraine summit at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18. White House communications adviser Margo Martin shared a video on X of Trump pointing out the artwork, which depicts his July 2024 assassination attempt and is referred to as the “Butler ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’ painting.”
The painting, which has been displayed in the White House since April, shows him raising his fist while surrounded by Secret Service agents after a bullet grazed his ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “That was not a great day!” Trump joked to the group.
Other additions to the White House during Trump’s second term include a striking painting of his face overlaid with an American flag, positioned between portraits of former first ladies, and a presidential portrait resembling his August 2023 mug shot. A framed New York Post cover featuring the actual mug shot was also spotted just outside the Oval Office.
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The latest Trump artwork shared by Gorka comes shortly after a White House official confirmed to PEOPLE that the president had broken tradition by moving Barack Obama’s official portrait out of public view.
White House custom dictates that the two most recent presidential portraits be displayed prominently in the Grand Foyer for public tours and events. Since President Joe Biden’s portrait has not yet been completed, the two most recent portraits are of Obama and George W. Bush.
Back in April, Trump replaced Obama’s portrait with the “Fight, Fight, Fight” painting. Now, Obama’s portrait has been relocated even further from public view, to the top of the Grand Staircase, which leads to the president’s private living quarters and is partially obstructed from visitors. CNN reported that Obama’s portrait is “firmly out of view” for visitors.
Insiders told CNN that Trump personally approves nearly all aesthetic changes in the White House, no matter how minor. A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment on the change.
The portraits are not the only significant alterations Trump has made since returning to the White House. Critics have also condemned his lavish overhaul of the Oval Office.
An April report in The Wall Street Journal detailed how Trump enlisted his “gold guy,” cabinetmaker John Icart, to add gilded borders to political portraits, ornate carvings to the fireplace mantel, and a gold Trump crest in a doorway.
Musician Jack White criticized the new decor in an Instagram post after Trump’s Aug. 18 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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“Look at how disgusting Trump has transformed the historic White House,” White wrote. “It’s now a vulgar, gold-leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler’s dressing room. Can’t wait for the UFC match on the front lawn too, he’s almost fully achieved the movie ‘Idiocracy.'”
“Look at his disgusting taste, would you even buy a used car from this conman, let alone give him the nuclear codes?” he continued. “A gold-plated Trump bible would look perfect up on that mantle with a pair of Trump shoes on either side, wouldn’t it? What an embarrassment to American history.”
