Allen Analysis - The White House has installed new plaques beneath the official portraits of former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama that sharply criticize their records, transforming a traditionally nonpartisan historical display into an overt political statement.
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According to reporting by The Independent, the plaques characterize Biden as “the worst President in American history” and describe Obama as a “divisive” figure, language that closely mirrors President Trump’s own political rhetoric.
The move represents a notable departure from long-standing White House practice and raises broader questions about how institutional spaces are being used to project partisan narratives.
The plaques were added beneath portraits displayed along what the administration refers to as a “Presidential Walk of Fame” near the West Wing colonnade. Rather than offering neutral summaries of each president’s tenure, several of the new plaques present sharply opinionated assessments.
Biden’s plaque goes beyond policy critique. It repeats Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was corrupt and replaces Biden’s portrait with an image of an autopen, referencing Republican assertions that Biden’s aides exercised undue control during his presidency.
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