Overview
- New plaques under presidential portraits along the West Wing colonnade recast predecessors in Trump's voice, with Joe Biden labeled "the worst President in American History" and shown by an autopen image instead of a portrait.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said many of the entries were written by Trump himself and called the texts an eloquent description of each leader's legacy.
- News outlets note false or disputed claims on several plaques, including assertions that Biden took office after the "most corrupt election ever" and made unprecedented use of an autopen.
- The display also castigates Barack Obama as "one of the most divisive political figures" and rebukes George W. Bush over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while praising Ronald Reagan and Trump.
- Some Republicans and Democrats criticized the move as inappropriate for an official White House exhibit, though the plaques remain on public view as part of Trump's broader decor overhaul.