Overview

• President Trump’s image replaced the White House crest on the official LinkedIn page, causing his portrait to appear on profiles that list The White House as an employer, including Barack Obama’s.
• White House communications director Steven Cheung publicly confirmed the move and described it as a deliberate troll of former staffers.
• Former Biden administration aides posted screenshots and reactions as the update propagated across their résumés on the platform.
• Some former officials began switching their listed employer to the Executive Office of the President to avoid the portrait, and alumni circulated step-by-step instructions for the change.
• LinkedIn said the update does not violate its policies, and there was no indication of a platform rollback or a White House reversal as of the latest reports.