White House portrait ceremony may be the latest casualty of the political divide

[demmiblue]

Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — It's been a White House tradition for decades: a first-term president hosts his immediate predecessor in the East Room for a ceremony to unveil the portrait of the former president that will hang in the halls of the White House for posterity.

Republican presidents have done it for Democratic presidents, and vice versa — even when one of them ascended to the White House by defeating or sharply criticizing the other.

"We may have our differences politically," President Barack Obama said when he hosted former President George W. Bush for his portrait unveiling in 2012, "but the presidency transcends those differences."

Yet this modern ritual won't be taking place between Obama and President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. And if Trump wins a second term in November, it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House to see his portrait displayed among every U.S. president from George Washington to Bush.

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[LudwigPastorius]

1. "it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House to see his portrait displayed"

No. It will be next year.

But, I'm sure he, like most people, won't want to step foot into it before it's had a thorough steam cleaning and exorcism.

[hlthe2b]

2. I'm sure Obama is content with waiting until he can join Biden at his portrait unveiling.

I can not imagine him wanting to return to the WH with Trump there under ANY circumstances. I know I wouldn't.

[MurrayDelph]

17. And then they can unveil TWO pictures of Trump

One full-on, one profile.

[Cha]

24. This is going to be one hell of an event when President @JoeBiden does this in 2021

Link to tweet

[chwaliszewski]

3. Oy, what a petulant child.

[cstanleytech]

9. Its because of those tiny hands he has that make him look like an ageing impotent T-rex.

[riversedge]

4. Trumps vindictiveness is beyond the pale.

[truthisfreedom]

5. Biden should have a very special dual ceremony

A portrait ceremony for Barack, and a bonfire for 45’s porcine corpulent blobular waste of paint.

[47of74]

12. I say when the orange fornicate is gone all portraits of him should be replaced

Namely with paintings of black shrouds with the inscription Hic est locus Donaldus Ioannes Trump incarceratus pro criminibus.

Got the idea from Venice and their handling of a Venitian Doge that went way off the rails.

[Cha]

25. lol

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

6. Trump's portrait belongs in the trash can of history and he knows it

[lagomorph777]

15. Here's a lovely likeness

[Harker]

20. Kiss my arse...

but no tongue.

[Harker]

7. I'd like to be there when they hang Trumpsky. n/t

[EarthFirst]

18. His portrait or him in Layfette Square?

[Harker]

19. The latter.

It's the only way I show up, unless it's to hurl my shoes.

[chowder66]

8. He shouldn't be allowed to have a fucking portrait with 90k dead.

[Paladin]

10. Obama wouldn't be safe at such a ceremony. Call it off. (nt)

[turbinetree]

11. Why stand next to a orange hair traitor.................I wouldn't do it..............

and as citizens of this country if it is still around, I am going to start a petition to "not pay for the traitors portrait.............Fuck that shit................next the orange hair fucker will ask to be buried at Arlington...............

[Marcuse]

13. A preview of President Biden's ceremony honoring Trump's portrait.

[lagomorph777]

14. I'd hate to see Obama enter that COVID-infested White House.

He can wait until 2021, after Trump's removal and arrest.

[olddad65]

16. This won't be a portrait, it will be a cartoon.

[jmowreader]

21. This is for the best

I don’t know what the penalty for the previous president beating the shit out of the current one is, but that is the only reason President Obama should be within 500 feet of President 021.

[Talitha]

23. I hope shitler doesn't Sharpie the portrait... or hire some russian prostitutes to 'wash' it.