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Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” Now Features Bronze Plaques with Hyperpartisan Captions

HeadlineDec 19, 2025

President Trump has redecorated a stretch of the White House he’s calling the “Presidential Walk of Fame” with plaques offering hyperpartisan descriptions of past presidents — and his own time in office. The portrait gallery along the West Wing Colonnade now features Trump’s words, cast in bronze, in the style of his social media posts. One plaque reads, “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History,” and claims the 2020 election was the most corrupt in U.S. history. Another reads, “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President, a community organizer, one term Senator from Illinois, and one of the most divisive political figures in American History.” The plaques also tout Trump’s achievements, claiming he tackled inflation and ended eight wars, while Ronald Reagan’s plaque reads, “he was a fan of President Donald J. Trump before President Trump’s historic run for the White House. Likewise, President Trump was a fan of his!”

This week, President Trump said the cost of his planned ballroom project at the White House could reach $400 million — that’s double his earlier claim it would cost $200 million. On Monday, his administration argued in a court filing that the ballroom’s construction is a matter of national security.

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