Left Has a Meltdown After White House Moves Pic of Obama, Replaces It With Much More Powerful One

By Nick Arama | 8:05 PM on April 11, 2025

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What would the left do if they weren't screaming about something?

They could be celebrating the rescue of an American Ksenia Karelina, who had been wrongfully detained by the Russians -- until the Trump team got her out. Or inflation dropping to its lowest point in four years.

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But instead, Friday's meltdown involved portraits at the White House.

The White House announced the addition of this powerful moment when President Donald Trump -- after being shot in the ear -- stood up amid the Secret Service agents and shouted, "Fight, fight, fight!"

Some new artwork at the White House 👀 pic.twitter.com/l6u5u7k82T
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 11, 2025

That's something that should go up for posterity in the White House, a truly historic moment, with Trump triumphing over those who tried to kill him.

But some were having fits because they noticed what had been in that spot before; it replaced a bad portrait of Barack Obama.

Obama's WH portrait just got replaced pic.twitter.com/LN3czTqYo3
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 11, 2025

That caused some on the left to flip out.

So Trump ditched tradition, broke protocol, and took down Barack Obama’s portrait—just to hang his own.

Straight-up tin pot dictator energy. Insecure and petty to the end. 🫤 pic.twitter.com/wD3RhHzeQq
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) April 11, 2025

So, he's a dictator because he moved a bad portrait of Obama, and replaced it with a historic one of President Trump? This guy is really off the rails about what makes a "dictator." I don't think he understands the concept.

White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung was having none of that attempt at propaganda. He shut that nonsense down quickly -- and bluntly.

Pipe down, moron.

The Obama portrait was just moved a few feet away. https://t.co/2K6XsHn54N
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) April 11, 2025

The Obama portrait was still there, just positioned elsewhere in the Entrance Hall. And as even The Hill acknowledged, it's "not unusual for the presidential portraits at the White House to be rearranged after a new commander in chief enters the Oval Office." But what a huge improvement for that prominent area in the Entrance Hall.

Some on the left were also upset Obama was replaced by the "fake" assassination portrait. Yes, that's what they think. There's a whole contingent on the left on social media who think the assassination was fake/staged. They think it was all about doing it to have such a photo for the White House. I know, it doesn't make any sense.

Apparently they just ignore that people were killed or wounded during that Butler attempt. That might disrupt their twisted fable. Just bizarre conspiracy nonsense. Of course, many of these folks are the same people who still believe in "Russia, Russia, Russia!"

Meanwhile, some on the right think the replacement quite symbolic, with Trump prevailing over Obama. Now, I can't say I know what was going on in Trump's mind with making the change. But it is certainly a better picture for such a prominent position.