Trump Moves Obama’s White House Portrait Out Of Visitors’ Sight

President Donald Trump has reportedly moved a portrait of former President Barack Obama to a location in the White House where visitors are typically not allowed, CNN reported Sunday.

The portrait is now hanging at the top of the Grand Staircase in the White House — a location that is generally inaccessible to visitors — alongside portraits of former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, according to CNN, which obtained a photo of the Obama portrait in its new location. It is the second time the portrait of Obama has been moved, with Trump having moved it in April in exchange for a photo showing the immediate aftermath of the July 2024 assassination attempt Trump survived in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo July 18 detailing evidence Obama’s national security team “manufactured and politicized intelligence” as part of what she called a “years-long coup” against Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Gabbard said during a July 23 White House press briefing she had referred Obama to the Justice Department for possible criminal charges related to the “Russiagate” hoax, saying Obama led “the manufacturing” of the assessment that Russia interfered with the 2016 election on Trump’s behalf.