⁍ The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week.
⁍ The Bush portrait has been replaced by that of William McKinley, the nation’s 25th president, who was assassinated in 1901.
⁍ The Clinton portrait has been replaced by one of Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded McKinley.

– The official portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have been taken down from the White House’s main entrance and replaced with portraits of two Republican presidents who served more than a century ago, CNN reports. The portraits of Clinton and Bush had been hanging in the Cross Hall of the White House until July 8, when President Trump hosted Mexican President Andrés Manuel L ⁇ pez Obrador. The Trump portrait of Barack Obama is not expected to be unveiled for a formal ceremony during Trump’s first term, a sign of the acrimonious relationship between the 44th and 45th presidents. The Clinton and Bush portraits were removed from the Grand Foyer of the White House within the last week and replaced with portraits of William McKinley, the nation’s 25th president, and Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded McKinley, three people who have seen the portraits this week tell CNN. In his book, former Trump national security adviser John Bolton wrote Trump ‘despised’ both Bush presidents, and people familiar with the conversations say Trump has lambasted George W. Bush as ‘stupid.’ Trump has not spoken to either man extensively as president, though he did greet them both in person during the funeral of George H.W. Bush in December 2018.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/world/coronavirus-newsletter-07-17-20-intl/index.html