Biden to host Obamas in September for White House portrait ceremony Trump shunned
Source: NBC
President Joe Biden will host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House in early September for the unveiling of their official White House portraits, according to an Obama spokesperson.
The traditional East Room ceremony unveiling the Obamas portraits, usually a moment where the sitting president and the first lady fête their immediate predecessors, was put off while then-President Donald Trump was in office given the bitter, estranged relationship between the two men.
Because of the Covid pandemic, the event was further delayed after Biden took office last year. It's typically held indoors in the East Room of the White House.
The Obamas are scheduled to appear with Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sept. 7, the Obama spokesperson said Thursday. The artists who painted the former first couple will also be revealed at that time, as has been tradition for presidential portrait unveilings since the ritual began decades ago.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-host-obamas-white-house-portrait-ceremony-trump-shunned-rcna40493
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LetMyPeopleVote
(147,369 posts)Cha
(299,253 posts)Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!
underpants
(183,593 posts)He was busy throwing a fit about losing.
WestMichRad
(1,379 posts)FIFY!
Wounded Bear
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(109,385 posts)LiberalFighter
(52,123 posts)KS Toronado
(17,858 posts)should be an orange cartoon character leading a charge against the Capitol.
And yelling "Hang my Vice President"
vlyons
(10,252 posts)watching the attack on TV? With a big double whopper with cheese in his hand. An historic portrait.
rurallib
(62,581 posts)2naSalit
(87,756 posts)It should be hung in the men's bathroom.
davepdx
(224 posts)2naSalit
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jmowreader
(50,709 posts)Do a portrait from the back of him with a huge ketchup stain on the wall and a pile of broken china and fast food on the floor right below it.
KS Toronado
(17,858 posts)toilet paper hanging onto his shoe would be a nice touch also.
Where are the Editorial Cartoonists when we need them?
CrispyQ
(36,792 posts)calimary
(81,993 posts)Heres my other suggestion:
smb
(3,508 posts)Cha
(299,253 posts)Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!
Kid Berwyn
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2naSalit
(87,756 posts)3auld6phart
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of filth should never been POTUS. What an embarrassment.
Blue Owl
(51,188 posts)The hands gotta be smaller waaaay smaller .
EmmaLee E
(177 posts)Maybe Russia
maxsolomon
(33,620 posts)But one assumes Biden will extend the invitation as expected. I wouldn't expect Dump to accept.
He's great at insulting people who aren't there, but he's afraid of actual confrontation.
jaxexpat
(7,056 posts)It would be permissible to me if all and any future presidents were to celebrate TFG by holding a "fools" ball wherein everyone wears costumes to mock TFG utilizing all available manners of poor taste.
MontanaMama
(23,424 posts)PBO and Mrs. Obama were out living their best lives with no evidence of being bitter.
yonder
(9,718 posts)happy feet
(900 posts)So sick of the both sides guilty media crap. The Obamas graciously met and led them into the White House and attended his inauguration. He did none of that for Biden.
keithbvadu2
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70sEraVet
(3,656 posts)Just to make sure future generations understand the immoral character of the man.
SergeStorms
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onecaliberal
(33,392 posts)cab67
(3,053 posts)Its presence would be disrespectful to the country.
I hope no formal presidential portrait is ever commissioned for that sack of shit.
BigmanPigman
(51,812 posts)Wishful thinking on my part.
iluvtennis
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NBachers
(17,325 posts)FUCK YOU! to whoever wrote that statement? So it was half Obamas fault that there was no portrait unveiling during the trump years?
DeeDeeNY
(3,369 posts)False equivalency. Once again.
Rhiannon12866
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Hekate
(91,654 posts)Novara
(5,944 posts)ONE SIDE couldn't be gracious. ONE.
SunSeeker
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Generic Brad
(14,284 posts)Word is he frequently flung food at the wall in anger like an undisciplined primate.
barbtries
(28,873 posts)if President Biden allows a portrait of his predecessor in the WH. History should always record his presidency with an asterisk.
Bristlecone
(10,220 posts)Shunned for all things, at all times
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,037 posts)Former President Obama shunned the orange child.
I read he preemptively refused any invite.
Pinback
(12,198 posts)the cake Kymberli Talton made for the Nailed It! TV baking competition.
SunSeeker
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Historic NY
(37,497 posts)Who would invite him back
Crowman2009
(2,539 posts)DFW
(54,895 posts)You think I'm kidding?
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Rhiannon12866
(209,360 posts)Bill Clinton is the only POTUS I've ever seen in person. He came to the district to campaign for our Democratic Congressional candidate - not only is he a brilliant speaker, but I believe he was the reason for unseating a long time incumbent Republican.
DFW
(54,895 posts)My brother and I were at the White House, and we paused in front of the official Clinton portrait, and said, we GOTTA do this!
Obama was still president, and I didn't yet have a phone that could take good photos, so I posed, and he took the pic.
Bill Clinton is indeed a brilliant speaker. He owns the room the moment he steps up to the podium. I was sitting right in front of him at the Gridiron dinner in 1995, and if he had said he was about to declare war on the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a number of the people there would probably have believed him before the others broke out in laughter.
Rhiannon12866
(209,360 posts)And in this Republican-leaning district, it was SRO to see and hear an actual POTUS. His speech was brilliant and inspired the crowd, and he was gracious and friendly. The local paper had said that the incumbent Republican (now disgraced John Sweeney) could "have the job for life" if he wanted it. But I truly believe that President Clinton convinced the voters otherwise...
DFW
(54,895 posts)That candidate got an incalculable boost every time.
niyad
(114,970 posts)Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)ceremony at some point in the first term - not that Biden WANTED to do it (and would have been quite happy if Trump turned the invite down), but he would extend the invite just to re-establish decorum and show that he was the better man; I think January 6 ended any possibility that this would happen in the first term.