All the Oval Office decor modifications Trump has made… together with a controversial presidential portrait swap-out
President Donald Trump has already shuffled around some of the decor in the Oval Office since taking office, but one significant change could symbolize a major change in his direction as president.
Trump featured a portrait of famous populist president Andrew Jackson in a prominent place in the Oval Office when he first took office in January as it sat above a smaller portrait of the nation’s first president George Washington.
The two portraits were hung above the famous ‘Bronco Buster’ bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington to the right of the Resolute Desk.
The prominent location of the portrait marked Trump’s return to the Oval Office, as numerous comparisons between the two fiery populist presidents were written.
But by February, the twin portraits of Jackson and Washington were replaced by a large portable of former President Ronald Reagan.
Jackson was a combative president who defies the courts raised tariffs and destroyed the national bank and the patronage system.
Reagan embraced global free market economics and a global foreign policy that confronted the Soviet Union with a peace through strength philosophy.
The new portrait of Ronald Reagan hangs in place of the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office February 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams
The president’s deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino noted the change on social media.
‘AWESOME! A portrait of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan — is now hanging up in The Oval Office,’ he wrote.
A smaller portrait of Thomas Jefferson now hangs above Reagan’s portrait.
The president also hung a copy of his famous 2023 mugshot outside the Oval Office, after he was charged in a Georgia court for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
An older photo shows two portraits of George Washington and Andrew Jackson hung in the Oval Office on February 5th
The difference was very apparent on Wednesday as President Trump swore in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in the Oval Office.
Reagan’s portrait stood starkly in the background as the president spoke.
As early as February 5, the Jackson and Washington portraits were featured in the space when Trump swore in his Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The portraits of Washington and Lincoln are on the left side of the desk.
Oval Office decor behind the president’s desk
A map of the Gulf of America stands behind President Donald Trump in the Oval Office
A White House source confirmed the change, noting a Jackson portrait was still in the Oval Office in a different location.
Jackson is also recognized in the form of a statue behind the president at the resolute desk.
Other additions to Oval Office decor include a large bronze circle sculpture featuring former President Abraham Lincoln and a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy.
The challenge coin display behind President Donald Trump has now been removed for other displays.
A bronze circle sculpture of Abraham Lincoln stands next to a unknown trophy
A replica of the World Cup soccer trophy is now displayed behind the president’s desk
The display of challenge coins behind the president have also been removed.
Trump also has a copy of a map set up in the Oval Office showing off the newly renamed Gulf of America, formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico.
