US President Donald Trump has installed new plaques beneathportraits of all former presidents at the White House, using them to deridepredecessors such as Barack Obama and Joe Biden.The additions, first seen publicly Wednesday, were“eloquently written descriptions of each President and the legacy they leftbehind,” Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said.“As a student of history, many were written directly by thePresident himself.”The exhibit was called the presidential walk of fame. Biden was described as “sleepy”, Obama as “divisive” andRonald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump.The writings bore sporadic capitalisations and punctuationincluding many exclamation points — stylistically similar to many of Trump’sTruth Social posts.Here is a look at how Trump spoke of some of hispredecessors. BIDEN“Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President inAmerican History,” the plaque said.Biden was described as overseeing “the most corrupt Electionever seen in the United States: who oversaw a series of “unprecedenteddisasters” that brought the US to the brink of destruction.“Nicknamed both ‘Sleepy’ and ‘Crooked’, Joe Biden wasdominated by his Radical Left handlers,” the plaque added. Trump also taunted the former president with his feeble performance in the 2024 presidential debateahead of the election, calling it a disgrace.Biden was the only former president whose portrait wasreplaced with the photo of an autopen, a choice that echoed Trump’slong-running claims that many of Biden’s executive actions were legally invalidbecause they were signed with an autopen.OBAMADespite having the highest favourability rating among all living USpresidents, Obama’s plaque also stood out, carrying a pointed message thatcontrasted sharply with his public standing. “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President, acommunity organizer, one term Senator from Illinois, and one of the mostdivisive political figures in American History,” the plaque reads.“He presided over a stagnant Economy, approved the terribleIran Nuclear Deal, and signed the one-sided Paris Climate Accords, both ofwhich were later terminated by President Donald J. Trump.” RONALD REAGANReagan received warmer treatment over his peers and wasdecorated as “The Great Communicator”. He was president from 1981 to 1989, a time when Trump was aprominent young real estate developer and celebrity in New York City.Reagan’s plaque said “he was a fan of President DonaldJ. Trump before President Trump’s historic run for the White House. Likewise,President Trump was a fan of his!” GEORGE BUSHBush won approval for creating the Department of HomelandSecurity and leading the nation after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001, and launching the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).But the praise was short-lived after Trump accused him ofstarting “wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which should not havehappened”.BILL CLINTONClinton’s plaque brushed aside some of the formerpresident’s achievements, crediting “Republicans in Congress” for the tech boomof the late 1990s which resulted in excellent economic growth instead.Trump’s rivalry with the Clinton family was also referenced.“In 2016, President Clinton’s wife, Hillary, lost thePresidency to President Donald J. Trump!” the plaque noted....AND TRUMPTrump had two displays, each for his two presidencies.Both plaques glowed with praises for his administration andlauded him for creating “the Greatest Economy in the History of the World”.The text said Trump’s comeback to the White House waspossible because he overcame the “unprecedented Weaponization of LawEnforcement against him, as well as two assassination attempts”.It also re-echoed claims of ending wars, securing USborders, and deporting alleged gang members.“THE BEST IS YET TO COME,” the plaque concluded.A plaque at the front of the exhibit said the idea was“conceived, built, and dedicated” by Trump “as a tribute to past Presidents,good, bad and somewhere in the middle”.
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