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After four years, Donald Trump is back in the White House. Within hours of taking the helm, the 47th president of the United States made sweeping changes to his residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, including inside the Oval Office.
These changes, carried out as the Bidens moved out and the Trumps moved into the White House, are part of Moving Day traditions. The revamped Oval Office, which is the formal working space of the president of the United States, was unveiled shortly after he completed his swearing-in at the Capitol Rotunda .
So, what does Trump’s Oval Office look like? Does it differ from the one during his first term?
Andrew Jackson returns and more
As part of the overhaul of the Oval Office, Trump has brought back a portrait of Andrew Jackson . In 2017, Trump had brought the portrait of the former US president to the Oval Office. Jackson holds a unique position in American history: he was the only president to serve in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was also a military hero, a slave-owner, a lawyer, a judge and a planter, who earned the nickname “Old Hickory” for his tenacity.
When Trump first placed Jackson’s photo in the Oval Office, many decried the move. As artist Charles Rencountre said then, “It’s just disturbing.”
In addition to the return of the Jackson image, Trump has brought in a portrait of George Washington flanked by portraits of Alexander Hamilton, the country’s first Treasury secretary, and Thomas Jefferson , the country’s third president.
A bust of Winston Churchill, the former British prime minister, has also made a return to the Oval Office. Trump has placed the bust, initially gifted to George W Bush by Sir Christopher Meyer — then the British ambassador — in the same place he had it before Biden took office. The bust of Martin Luther King Jr continues to remain in the Oval Office.
And in an irony that can’t be missed, Trump has removed a bust of Robert F Kennedy that Biden featured prominently in the Oval Office, even while he attempts to install Kennedy’s son, Robert F Kennedy Jr , as a member of his Cabinet.
Artist Frederic Remington’s “The Bronco Buster” sculpture is also back in the room, sitting underneath the portrait of Jackson.
New additions and a touch of family
Trump’s new Oval Office also includes silver eagle figurines on the fireplace mantel and a square paperweight emblazoned with his name.
The 47th US president has also chosen to add a personal touch to the Oval Office by including photos of his family on a small table near the Resolute Desk. Of the many images placed, there’s one of his eldest three children — Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric — in formal wear.
Another shows him with his daughter Ivanka when she was a girl. There is also an image of Trump with his wife, Melania, holding their son Barron when he was a baby.
Rugs and curtains in the Oval Office
When Trump took office for the first time in 2017, he had introduced gold curtains in the Oval Office. These weren’t replaced by Biden and it seems that the US president is continuing with the old curtains.
Biden’s blue rug has also been replaced with the neutral-coloured one that Trump previously used in the office. This carpet was originally used by former President Ronald Reagan. According to White House aides, the Resolute Desk had to be disassembled so the rug could be placed under it.
Diet Coke button returns
And with Trump’s return to the White House, the famous ‘Diet Coke’ button has also made a comeback to the Oval Office. This red button when pressed notifies the White House butlers that a Diet Coke – Trump’s drink of choice – is needed in the Oval Office. “Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button,” Trump told a Financial Times reporter in 2017.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the button is hidden inside a wooden box placed inside Trump’s resolute desk.
Apart from these changes, Trump has also replaced Biden’s chocolate-chip cookies outside the Oval Office with a bouquet of flowers along with a square gold paperweight embossed with the word Trump.
What else will change with Trump’s return? It’s a wait-and-watch game.
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