In the White House, Obama's portrait was replaced with Trump's painting after the assassination attempt
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In the White House, Barack Obama's portrait was moved to the East Room. A painting of Donald Trump was placed in its place, in which he is with his fist up after the assassination attempt.
The White House has moved the official portrait of former US President Barack Obama to a new location in the East Room, replacing it with a painting of President Donald Trump with his fist raised in the air immediately after last year's assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, UNN reports, citing NBC News.
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The portrait appears to be based on a photograph of then-candidate Trump, bloodied and surrounded by Secret Service agents, still on stage after being shot at a campaign event.
The White House unveiled the replacement in a short video posted on Friday X, accompanied by text that read, "Some new artwork at the White House."
An Obama representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation Friday evening.
Trump's new painting occupies the space traditionally reserved for the last official presidential portrait.
Tradition holds that portraits hanging in this location - alongside the East Room in the foyer after entering the White House - belong to recent presidents, but this is not a hard and fast rule, a former White House official told NBC News. The US President may instruct the curator to move things.
The former official noted that during his first term, Trump moved portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Jr.
Trump does not have an official portrait from his first term, which would normally have been presented at some point during his successor's term.
Obama's portrait was not the only one moved during Trump's recent decor update.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields posted a photo of the new location of Obama's portrait on Friday.
Some Republicans were enthusiastic about the new decor.
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The replacement is the latest event in an unexpected chain of events related to portraits. Last month, Trump demanded that his painting hanging in the Colorado State House be removed.