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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,627 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 11:19 PM Thursday

Trump "President Walk of Fame" feature plaques, written by Trump, insulting past presidents, praising himself



Trump, a 'Student of History,' Writes 'Eloquent' Presidential Plaques
Bronze plaques added to West Wing feature partisan attacks and debunked claims

It's not just the Oval Office getting the Trump treatment—now the White House's Colonnade is talking, too. President Trump has added a new feature to the West Wing walkway he's dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame": bronze plaques beneath the portraits of his predecessors that read more like campaign broadsides than historical notes. Many were written by Trump himself, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and echo his social media style, complete with random capital letters and exclamation points, ABC News reports.

The plaques for Joe Biden and Barack Obama are the sharpest. Biden's, paired only with a picture of an autopen rather than a portrait of Biden himself, calls him "by far, the worst President in American History," falsely claims he took office through "the most corrupt Election ever seen," and blames him for everything from the Afghanistan withdrawal to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Hamas' attack on Israel. It also asserts Biden is in "severe mental decline" and slams his use of the autopen. Obama's plaque labels him "one of the most divisive political figures in American History" and falsely accuses him of spying on Trump's 2016 campaign and orchestrating what Trump calls the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax."

The text also repeatedly references Hillary Clinton, noting under both Obama's and Bill Clinton's portraits that she lost the presidency to Trump. Obama and Biden declined to comment, and the Clintons have not responded to requests for comment. It's not just Democrats getting criticized on the plaques; the AP reports George W. Bush, who has distanced himself from Trump, is berated on his plaque for starting two wars. Leavitt praised the new displays as "eloquently written descriptions" of each president's legacy and framed Trump as a "student of history." There are also two plaques for Trump, one for each term, and both "effusively praise" him, the New York Times reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/380593/trump-a-student-of-history-writes-eloquent-presidential-plaques.html
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Trump "President Walk of Fame" feature plaques, written by Trump, insulting past presidents, praising himself (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday OP
DonOLD Rump should not be allowed to defame previous presidents of the US. he should be sued. Trueblue1968 Thursday #1
Wow Hey Joe Thursday #2
Hitler's bunker. SalamanderSleeps Thursday #3
Gaslighting to deflect from the Epstein revelations Blues Heron Friday #4
A vandal defacing the WH with graffiti. Doesn't matter that it's cast in bronze -- it's still vandalism. eppur_se_muova Friday #5
I wasn't sure at first that they were metal, and not printed, but yeah I can they are... electric_blue68 Friday #6
Everyone of those plagues should be destroyed. SamKnause Friday #7

Hey Joe

(371 posts)
2. Wow
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 11:32 PM
Thursday

This says a lot more about Trump and his constant panicking need to feed his voracious, all consuming narcissism, than Biden.

eppur_se_muova

(40,846 posts)
5. A vandal defacing the WH with graffiti. Doesn't matter that it's cast in bronze -- it's still vandalism.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:04 AM
Friday

Last edited Fri Dec 19, 2025, 02:13 PM - Edit history (1)

OOPS, looks like Rachel Maddow already said that. I hadn't seen her blog post yet.

electric_blue68

(25,577 posts)
6. I wasn't sure at first that they were metal, and not printed, but yeah I can they are...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:50 AM
Friday
Spiteful bastard!

Torn off when a Dem becomes President again! Along with all those fake gold gee-gawks.

SamKnause

(14,654 posts)
7. Everyone of those plagues should be destroyed.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:52 AM
Friday

They should not be archived.

They should not be allowed in Trump's presidential library.

They should be destroyed.

They are nothing but the ramblings of an evil madman spewing known lies and spreading hate.

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