Biden who erased the Trump mark… Change the portrait and get rid of the’collar button’

Biden who erased the Trump mark… Change the portrait and get rid of the’collar button’

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With the new president, the US also transformed the office of the president. As soon as President Joe Biden took office on the 20th (local time), portraits and various statues in the office were replaced, as well as the so-called “collar button” installed by former President Donald Trump at all. “The number of changed items is unmatched” (The Washington Post).

With the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, the Office of the White House was refurbished. By placing black liberation activist Martin Luther King and labor activist Cesar Chavez bust around the ‘desk of determination’, the keynote emphasizing human rights and integration is intact. [AP=연합뉴스]

With the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, the Office of the White House was refurbished. By placing black liberation activist Martin Luther King and labor activist Cesar Chavez bust around the ‘desk of determination’, the keynote emphasizing human rights and integration is intact. [AP=연합뉴스]

WP “The number of changed items is unmatched”

According to US media such as CNN, President Biden replaced the portrait on the front desk of President Biden when he took office. A portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt was placed right above the fireplace where the portrait of George Washington’s first president was hung, and the President of Washington was pushed around. Roosevelt is a president who overcame national crises such as the Great Depression and World War II. President Biden has frequently quoted his inaugural environment compared to when Roosevelt took office.

A portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt adorning the center of the fireplace in the White House office. Portraits of the first president of George Washington, former President Abraham Lincoln, third President Thomas Jefferson, and then then Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton were placed in pairs. [AP=연합뉴스]

A portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt adorning the center of the fireplace in the White House office. Portraits of the first president of George Washington, former President Abraham Lincoln, third President Thomas Jefferson, and then then Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton were placed in pairs. [AP=연합뉴스]

In addition, the portrait of former President Andrew Jackson, which former President Trump put near his desk four years ago, is completely missing. Former President Jackson was the one who enforced the’Indian Elimination Act’ in 1830, and expelled tens of thousands of Native Americans. President Biden hung a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, a scientist and politician who is called the’founding father’. Accordingly, the British Telegraph said, “It is an expression of Biden’s view of science with a meaning against racism.”

Portrait of former President Andrew Johnson in the White House office during the Trump administration [EPA=연합뉴스]

Portrait of former President Andrew Johnson in the White House office during the Trump administration [EPA=연합뉴스]

The head of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was also removed from the office. This head was picked up by President George W. Bush from Britain in 2001 and displayed in the office. It was withdrawn during the Barack Obama administration and then reappeared during the Trump administration. British Media Express feared this as “a looming over diplomatic relations with the UK in the future.” In the office where Churchill’s head was missing, President Biden filled the busts of human rights activists such as Cesar Chavez, Pastor Martin Luther King, and Robert F. Kennedy.

On January 27, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump (right) talks with former British Prime Minister Theresa May over the bust of Winston Churchill in the Office of the White House, Washington, DC. [EPA=연합뉴스]

On January 27, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump (right) talks with former British Prime Minister Theresa May over the bust of Winston Churchill in the Office of the White House, Washington, DC. [EPA=연합뉴스]

The head of a human rights activist Pastor Martin Luther King in the office of President Biden. [AP=연합뉴스]

The head of a human rights activist Pastor Martin Luther King in the office of President Biden. [AP=연합뉴스]

The flags of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces, which were placed around the desk by former President Trump, were removed, and only the stars and stripes symbolizing the United States and the flags with the presidential emblem remained behind the desk. Instead, a native Apache statue on a horse entered the office. Also, the red’Cola Button’ that former President Trump used to order Diet Coke has disappeared.

The flags of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces that adorned the White House office during the Trump administration were also removed with the inauguration of the Biden government.[UPI=연합뉴스]

The flags of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces that adorned the White House office during the Trump administration were also removed with the inauguration of the Biden government.[UPI=연합뉴스]

In addition, the political media The Hill reported that delivery of the New York Times (NYT) and the Washington Post to the White House began on the morning of the 21st (local time), the second day of President Joe Biden’s inauguration. It has been about 15 months since former President Trump stopped subscribing in October 2019, claiming that the two media that were critical of him were fake news and corruption.

Reporter Kim Jun-young [email protected]


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