{"id":25244,"date":"2025-12-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=25244"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:44:35","slug":"trump-turns-white-house-colonnade-into-hall-of-insults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/trump-turns-white-house-colonnade-into-hall-of-insults\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Turns White House Colonnade Into \u201cHall of Insults\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON (FN) \u2014 Visitors to the White House this week were startled to find a series of plaques hung along the Colonnade, each bearing mocking inscriptions aimed at former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump has installed plaques underneath the portraits of presidents in the Rose Garden colonnade that detail aspects of their presidencies, in Washington, Dec. 17, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plaques, installed without official announcement, included sharp insults and unfounded claims. One read \u201cSleepy Joe Napped Here,\u201d while another declared \u201cObama: Weak Leadership, Strong Teleprompter.\u201d The inscriptions echoed language Trump has used at rallies and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump has installed plaques underneath the portraits of presidents in the Rose Garden colonnade that detail aspects of their presidencies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, the Colonnade has been reserved for solemn displays \u2014 portraits, memorial wreaths, or ceremonial decorations. Historians said the decision to turn it into a corridor of ridicule marked a dramatic break from presidential decorum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House staff confirmed the plaques were placed at Trump\u2019s direction, though they declined to say whether they would remain permanently. \u201cThe president wanted to make a statement,\u201d one aide said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics blasted the move as unprecedented and disrespectful. \u201cThe White House is a symbol of unity, not a billboard for partisan attacks,\u201d said one historian. Supporters, however, defended the plaques as humorous and in keeping with Trump\u2019s combative style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourists flocked to the Colonnade to see the plaques, snapping photos and sharing them online. Some laughed at the spectacle, while others expressed dismay that the nation\u2019s seat of power had become a stage for ridicule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump has installed plaques underneath the portraits of presidents in the Rose Garden colonnade that detail aspects of their presidencies, in Washington, Dec. 17, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Foreign media outlets seized on the controversy, portraying the plaques as symbolic of America\u2019s deep political polarization. Commentators in Europe and Asia described the display as \u201cpolitical theater\u201d and \u201ca rewriting of history in bronze.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts noted that other presidents have used the Colonnade to honor predecessors. Ronald Reagan praised Jimmy Carter\u2019s diplomacy, while Barack Obama paid tribute to George W. Bush\u2019s work on AIDS relief. Trump\u2019s plaques, they said, turned tradition upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inscriptions have no basis in fact, according to experts, who noted that several claims contradict official records. \u201cIt\u2019s political theater, not history,\u201d said a professor of presidential studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether the plaques remain or are removed may depend on public reaction. For now, they stand as a symbol of Trump\u2019s willingness to rewrite the norms of presidential decorum \u2014 one plaque at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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