Portraits with new plaques of explanatory text are seen on the Presidential Walk of Fame on the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, DC, on Dec. 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump added new subjective explanatory plaques beneath each photo of past presidents in what he now calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.
The refashioned West Wing walkway displays tributes "to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle," an introductory plaque tells passersby.
Trump’s new plaques
Dig deeper:
From "Sleepy Joe" Biden references to painting Republican icon Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump, the plaques include bombastic language written in Trumpian style. The installation is the Republican president's latest move to shape the White House in his image, an effort that has spanned from adorning the Oval Office to razing the East Wing in preparation for a massive ballroom addition.
Biden’s plaque repeats false claims that the 46th president, a Democrat, took office "as a result of the most corrupt election ever," when, in fact, he defeated Trump in 2020 in both the popular vote and the Electoral College. Biden is also described as "by far, the worst president in American history."
Another Democrat, Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president and Trump's first presidential predecessor, is labeled "one of the most divisive political figures in American history."
The plaque below former President George W. Bush’s portrait appears to approve of the Republican's creation of the Department of Homeland Security but decries that he "started wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which should not have happened."
What they're saying:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the texts are "eloquently written descriptions of each president" and that "many were written directly by the President himself."
Presidential Walk of Fame
The backstory:
During its unveiling back in September, Trump displayed photos of every past president, except for one – his predecessor.
Instead of a photo of former President Joe Biden, Trump installed a framed photo of an autopen signing Biden’s name.
The snub was a nod to Trump’s repeated and unsupported claims that by the end of his presidency, Biden was too impaired to make decisions for himself.
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The display runs on the wall of the colonnade between the White House residence and the president’s usual entrance to the Oval Office, meaning Trump can take any of his preferred guests — foreign dignitaries included — on a tour of the exhibit with his framing of his predecessors.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from The Associated Press and previous reporting by FOX Local.