President Donald Trump has relocated a portrait of former President Barack Obama from prominent public display to a staircase that only staffers can access in the White House.
According to CNN, Trump ordered staff to move Obama’s portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, which leads to the White House residence, accessible only to a few staffers and Secret Service agents. The president also relocated portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush from public display to the same staircase.
The move breaks a decades-long norm that put portraits of recent former presidents on display for guests and visitors of the White House. This is also the second time Trump has relocated Obama’s portrait. The president had initially moved it from one side of the White House Grand F