politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

www.independent.co.uk

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White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

www.independent.co.uk

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politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits

www.independent.co.uk

Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents

Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents

White House staff updated the so-called “Presidential Walk of Fame” Wednesday by adding lengthy descriptions of each former president, in rhetoric that aligns with Donald Trump’s – such as calling former President Joe Biden “the worst President in American History.”

As part of the president’s ongoing effort to customize the White House to his liking, Trump set his well-known opinions of each former president in stone by adding plaques underneath the portraits that now hang along the colonnade.

But rather than neutrally describing each president, Trump chose to invoke more color – claiming former President Barack Obama is “one of the most divisive political figures” and asserting former President Ronald Reagan “was a fan.”

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It’s so childishly political at every point. How can anyone see this kind of thing, all the time, and not see it for the propaganda effort it is?

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