“A new work of art in the White House”he wrote the institution on his network X account on Friday, next to a three -second video that shows the paint.
It is an image in which Trump appears with the fist raised and the bloody faceescorted by agents of the Secret service and with an American flag waving at the bottom.
The paint reproduces the iconic snapshot taken seconds later that today the president survived a Murder attempt During an electoral rally in Butler (Pennsylvania), on July 13, 2024.
The attacker, Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20 -year -old, shot with an assault rifle, Broking the right ear of the Republican and killing an assistant, before being dejected by the authorities.
That moment represented a turning point in the electoral campaignand Trump’s image with High fist in Victoria It has become a symbol that glorifies its figure.
According to the White House video, the new painting It was installed in the hall of the presidential residenceabove a bank and next to the stairs, where Obama’s portrait had been during the last months of the administration of Joe Biden (2021-2025).
The current location of the portrait of the former democratic president, frequent white of Trump attacks.
Sub New Artwork at The White House 👀 pic.twitter.com/l6u5u7k82t
– The White House (@Whitehouse) April 11, 2025
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The White House began in 1965 the tradition of exhibiting portraits of former presidents and former first ladies in the country.
The attack painting It is not the only symbolic image That Trump has placed in the White House: in the hall that leads to the Oval Office, he also hangs the photograph of the police file that was taken in 2023 in an Atlanta prison, when he appears for a case of electoral interference.