{"id":2393131,"date":"2025-01-21T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-immediately-makes-sweeping-changes-to-oval-office-restores-military-tribute-removed-by-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:54:11","slug":"trump-immediately-makes-sweeping-changes-to-oval-office-restores-military-tribute-removed-by-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-immediately-makes-sweeping-changes-to-oval-office-restores-military-tribute-removed-by-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Immediately Makes Sweeping Changes to Oval Office, Restores Military Tribute Removed by Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-immediately-makes-sweeping-changes-to-oval-office-restores-military-tribute-removed-by-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On \u2062Monday, President Donald Trump\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-parler-sues-amazon-for-anti-trust-violations-breach-of-contract-asks-judge-to-reinstate-platform\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Parler Sues Amazon For Anti-Trust Violations, Breach of Contract, Asks Judge to Reinstate Platform\">reinstated<\/a> \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-draws-fire-over-video-statement-conservative-students-can-jump-off-a-bridge\/\" title=\"Teacher Draws Fire over Video Statement: Conservative Students Can \u2018Jump Off a Bridge\u2019\">military flags<\/a> in the Oval Office, marking a departure from the\u2064 decor \u200dof former President Joe Biden. According to reports from The\u200c Wall Street Journal, Trump kept a portrait of\u2063 Benjamin Franklin that Biden had placed but removed the \u2062portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Cesar Chavez that had \u2062been displayed during Biden&#8217;s term. In their place, he has adorned the walls with portraits of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and\u200b Thomas Jefferson. Additionally, a bust of Winston Churchill has returned, while the bust of Martin Luther King Jr. remains.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also reinstated a new portrait of Andrew Jackson and images of his family,as well\u2064 as a symbolic red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-would-love-to-see-any-evidence-of-fraud-nothing-they-are-saying-is-true-dominion-voting-systems-spokesman-refutes-fraud-claims-video\/\" title=\"&quot;We Would Love to See Any Evidence of Fraud - Nothing They Are Saying Is True&quot; - Dominion Voting Systems Spokesman Refutes Fraud Claims (VIDEO)\">button<\/a> \u200bfor ordering Diet Coke,reminiscent \u200dof his first term. \u2064During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a>, Trump commented on the importance \u200dof the oval Office, stating, &#8220;The wars start and\u2063 end\u2063 there. Everything starts and ends at the Oval Office.&#8221; At the same conference, Trump \u200bhumorously acknowledged finding a conventional letter \u2063left \u200bby his\u200c predecessor, reflecting on the continuity of certain customs \u200dbetween administrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>America&rsquo;s commander-in-chief has brought the presence of America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">military back<\/a> to the Oval Office on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Military flags for each branch of the service, which were removed during the term of former President Joe Biden, have been restored by President Donald Trump, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/inside-trumps-oval-officeversion-2-0-9b1da2c8?st=ju2ptp&amp;reflink=desktopweb_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Trump kept a portrait of Benjamin Franklin that Biden had hung after he succeeded Trump in 2021, the current president did away with a portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a bust of labor leader Cesar Chavez that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-takes-shot-trump-departs-d-c-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> had installed.<\/p>\n<p>Where Roosevelt&rsquo;s portrait hung, one of George Washington adorns the wall over the fireplace, flanked by one of Alexander Hamilton and one of Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>A bust of Winston Churchill that Biden removed has returned, while one of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-implements-immediate-federal-hiring-freeze-amid-flurry-executive-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> displayed in his first term and Biden did in his, is still there.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The First Photos of President Trump&rsquo;s Oval Office Remodel. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KtiUzX3nuC\">pic.twitter.com\/KtiUzX3nuC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1881478274809053572?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump, who had a portrait of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/victor-davis-hanson-trump-takes-lesson-andrew-jackson-2024-will-interesting-indeed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Jackson<\/a> on the wall in his first term, has a new Jackson portrait, as well as images of the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p>Trump famously had a red button in the Oval Office which called for a Diet Coke. That button has also returned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump&rsquo;s Oval Office revamp restores the Diet Coke button, Jackson&rsquo;s portrait, and military flags from his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Follow: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFpost?\">@AFpost<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vR8XjIeAoQ\">pic.twitter.com\/vR8XjIeAoQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AF Post (@AFpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFpost\/status\/1881501986144846032?\">January 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We love the Oval Office,&rdquo; Trump said Monday at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington. &ldquo;The wars start and end there. Everything starts and ends at the Oval Office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump uses the Resolute Desk, as did Biden, which was a gift to America from Queen Victoria and was made from the timbers of the HMS Resolute, an Arctic exploration ship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump just gave an absolutely incredible upgrade to the Oval Office. &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfFnauKobV\">pic.twitter.com\/mfFnauKobV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1881481802323480719?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amid all the changes, one tradition remains, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2025\/01\/21\/trump-first-oval-office-press-conference\/77843931007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a Monday news conference in the Oval Office, Trump was asked if Biden left the traditional letter from a departing president to his successor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He may have,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Wait, don&rsquo;t they leave it in the desk?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump found the letter in a drawer of the Resolute Desk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you very much, I may not have seen this for months,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to The Wall Street Journal, he restored military flags for each service branch that had been taken down during former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. While Trump retained a portrait of Benjamin Franklin that Biden had hung after taking office in 2021, he removed a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt and a bust of labor leader Cesar Chavez that Biden had added. In their place, George Washington&#8217;s portrait now hangs over the fireplace, accompanied by portraits of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. A bust of Winston Churchill has also returned, while Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s bust remains from both Trump&#8217;s and Biden&#8217;s terms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2393132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,48918,35056,3634],"class_list":["post-2393131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-military-tribute","tag-oval-office","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393135,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393131\/revisions\/2393135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}