Trump rewrites White House history with plaques mocking predecessors
Donald Trump, who has made no secret of his enmity for his Democratic predecessors, displays his grievances on White House walls
The White House has installed new plaques beneath photos of former leaders on US President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” at the White House that sharply criticise his Democratic predecessors.
The plaques were a striking addition because both Republicans and Democrats have traditionally viewed the historic building as a symbol of national unity. Trump, however, has not shied from using the White House as a stage for his more combative style of politics and for rewriting history.
The plaque beneath former president Joe Biden’s photo reads: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American history”. It falsely accuses him of winning the “most corrupt election ever” and claims he made “unprecedented use of the autopen”.
Biden, whom Trump succeeded this year, is the only president not to have a portrait and is instead represented by a photo of an autopen, a mechanical device that replicates a signature with a pen or other writing implement.
Another plaque referred to “Barack Hussein Obama”, the first black US president, and describes the two-term president as “one of the most divisive political figures in American history”.