President Trump has returned to the White House and swiftly transformed his Oval Office, adding personal touches and removing some features from the Biden era. Notable changes include the reinstatement of Trump's trademark Diet Coke button and the prominent display of portraits of President Andrew Jackson.
Just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term, the White House revealed his Oval Office makeover. Perhaps one of the most iconic and recognizable rooms in the world, the historic office has for centuries received a revamp at the start of each presidency. The series of changes unveiled on Monday reveal what inspires the 78-year-old in an exclusive space where he will conduct some of the most powerful business meetings on the planet for the next four years.
A group of reporters received a first glimpse of the room as Trump signed a series of executive orders after the carefully choreographed changeover. The revamp was made in just a matter of hours as staff quickly swept away signs of Trump's predecessor Joe Biden. His redecorated office features a series of items from Trump's first term in office including his famous Diet Coke button, which gives the president the ability to summon a glass of his favorite beverage at a moment's notice. The office also pays homage to some of his favorite historic figures and features the portraits of a number of Trump family members. One big change is that Trump has removed a bust of Robert F. Kennedy. This comes as a surprise, especially as Trump has nominated Kennedy's son and close ally Robert Kennedy Jr. to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. As President Trump returned to the White House, a series of changes were quickly made to the Oval Office for the incoming president including a different rug, portraits being added, shifted and removed as well as other works of art returning to be on display from his first term. The diet coke button was also quickly reinstalled as Trump family photographs were swapped in for his return. The White House team also made other changes to the interior designs preferred by Biden. One of the more obvious updates made as Trump resumes office is the deep blue rug that Biden had during his four years in office. In a quickly executed flip, the rug was swapped out for a more neutral cream one that Trump previously had in the Oval Office during his first term from 2017 to 2021. The rug was also featured in the Oval Office when former Republican President Ronald Reagan was its occupant in the 1980s. While the rug was removed, which involved the Resolute Desk having to be taken apart, the gold curtains remain. The drapes were actually a holdover from Trump's first term in office which Biden had kept. They were first designed for President Bill Clinton's Oval Office. Another holdover is the bust of Martin Luther King Jr. which remains on display in the Oval Office as it did under Biden and during Trump's first term. The newly swapped in cream colored rug and a portrait of President Jackson on the wall as Trump answered reporter questions on his first day back in office on January 20 with his White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles sitting nearby. The cream colored rug in the Oval Office under President Ronald Reagan in 1989. The blue rug in the newly redecorated Oval Office as of January 20, 2021 when President Biden took office. In a similar choice from his first term, prominently displayed on the wall is a portrait of President Andrew Jackson who Trump has expressed a fondness for on multiple occasions. Unlike the portrait on the wall during Trump's first term, which was on loan from the U.S. Naval Academy, the current portrait hails from the White House art collection, according to the Wall Street Journal. It's on display between two military flags. There is also a vase featuring Jackson on the bookshelf nearby. Trump has declared himself a fan and even traveled to Tennessee to commemorate the seventh president's 250th birthday during his first term in office. A portrait of President Andrew Jackson hanging in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. Beneath it is 'The Bronco Buster' by Frederic Remington which was on display during Trump's first term. A vase on the bookshelf in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. On the wall on the other side of the Resolute desk is a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. Other portraits featured in the newly redecorated Oval Office include one of President George Washington, which hangs over the fire place just as it did in 2017. It's flanked by portraits of President Thomas Jefferson who was also the first secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary. A portrait of Benjamin Franklin which was on display in the Oval Office under Biden remains. But a portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt prominently feature above the fireplace when Biden was in office has been removed with Trump's return
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