Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, though far from the White House, still appear to have an effect on President Donald Trump , according to a new report.
CNN reported on Sunday that Trump had moved the official portraits of Obama and Bush to a hidden stairwell. Trump had directed his staff to move a portrait of Obama to the top of the Grand Staircase, two sources told the outlet, which brings it out of view for thousands of visitors who tour the White House every day. One of the sources said that both portraits of Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, are also in the same area.
Multiple sources also told CNN that Trump has been directly involved with nearly every move to alter the presence of the White House — emphasizing ongoing tensions between the president and