WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) – Months after President Donald Trump transformed a West Wing colonnade into what he has dubbed the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has expanded the display with overtly partisan and highly subjective plaques, further imprinting his personal style on the White House and reinforcing his broader effort to recast presidential history through his own lens.
The plaques feature inflammatory language characteristic of Trump’s rhetoric, ranging from “Sleepy Joe” references to portrayals of Republican icon Ronald Reagan as an admirer of a young Trump. The installation marks the latest step in Trump’s campaign to remake the White House in his image—an effort that has included redecorating the Oval Office and demolishing parts of the East Wing to make way for a planned grand ballroom.
An introductory plaque declares that the Presidential Walk of Fame was “conceived, built, and dedicated by President Donald J. Trump as a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle.”
The plaque dedicated to President Joe Biden repeats debunked claims that the 46th president assumed office “as a result of the most corrupt election ever,” despite Biden’s victory over Trump in both the popular vote and the Electoral College in 2020. It also labels Biden “by far, the worst president in American history.”
Former President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president and Trump’s immediate predecessor, is described as “one of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
The plaque beneath George W. Bush’s portrait offers mixed judgment, praising the creation of the Department of Homeland Security while criticizing Bush for having “started wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which should not have happened.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the texts, calling them “eloquently written descriptions of each president” and noting that “many were written directly by the President himself.” Biden declined to comment on his plaque, and aides for Obama and several other former presidents did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump initially unveiled the redesigned colonnade in September, lining it with gilded portraits of former presidents—excluding Biden. Instead, Trump opted to represent Biden with an autopen, a choice aligned with his long-standing jabs at Biden’s age and fitness for office.
The display stretches along the colonnade connecting the White House residence to the Oval Office, a route Trump frequently uses and one he can easily showcase to visitors, including foreign leaders, while presenting his own interpretation of presidential history.
The introductory plaque asserts that the installation is meant to endure beyond Trump’s presidency, proclaiming that the Presidential Walk of Fame “will long live as a testament and tribute to the Greatness of America.”
