Donald Trump has made some nontraditional decorating choices in the White House in both of his presidential terms. He has added numerous gold fixtures to the Oval Office and some odd paintings.
“Donald Trump has brought his love of maximalism and gold furnishings to the Oval Office,” Business Insider reported earlier this spring. “He added gold embellishments to the walls, ceiling trim, and fireplace mantle.”
“The grass just doesn’t work,” Trump told Fox News.
And now, an even weirder painting has arrived in the White House.
As reported by The Daily Beast, a portrait featuring the likenesses of Trump and previous presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, is now on display at the White House. The painting, Great American Patriots, by artist Dick Bobnick, is available for purchase on Bobnick’s website.
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New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh noticed the artwork first.
A new piece of artwork hanging on the walls of the West Wing. pic.twitter.com/Gsh0aEBb2T
— Shawn McCreesh (@ShawnMcCreesh) May 22, 2025
A painting recently appeared at the White House, showing Trump immediately after his 2024 assassination attempt.
Some new artwork at the White House 👀 pic.twitter.com/l6u5u7k82T
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 11, 2025
Bobnick, the artist, features several categories on his website, including “Glamour & Pinups,” “Hollywood Legends,” “Sports Legends,” “Music Immortals,” “Premier Portraits,” “Old West Nostalgia,” and “Movie & TV Show Art.”
The Trump/Reagan/Lincoln piece is featured in the “Faces of American History” section, along with one of Trump and a bald eagle. However, that category also features Marilyn Monroe, Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billy Graham, and Elvis.
There was a lot of mockery online of the painting of Trump with the more prior Republican presidents.
I am constantly astounded by how trashy it all is
yes the policies are bad put the aesthetics are just insulting https://t.co/NGPK3Aw107
— sam (@sam_d_1995) May 23, 2025
The west wing starting to look like your aunt’s Facebook https://t.co/erP5CIWdyw
— Al (@just_ralex) May 23, 2025
Tackiest motherfucker on earth omg the renovation budget after these four years is going to have to be MAJOR https://t.co/U21lATpka1
— Oliver Twix (365) ANTI-GOGEAN (@M0RGN6) May 23, 2025
Put on your 3D glasses and you’ll see Reagan and Lincoln smacking that skull like it was an episode of the Three Stooges. https://t.co/Xu6Ze4kHB2
— Duane Davenport 🏴☠️ (@D_Eddye) May 23, 2025
Photo courtesy of X screenshot.
