Biden brings about changes in Oval Office
January 21, 2021 04:47
As Biden sat down to sign a stack of executive orders in the Oval Office, there were some significant changes in the room.
Trumps portrait of Andrew Jackson -- the censured and fellow populist 19th-century president -- was replaced with Benjamin Franklin, meant to signal Bidens interest in science, according to the Washington Post.
Other intentional changes include a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and paired paintings of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton representing two people with vastly differing ideologies who worked together.
Placed on the mantle and other shelving are now busts of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and Robert F Kennedy.
Also notable are a bust of Cesar Chavez, the American labour leader and Latin American activist, and a sculpture of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe, which belonged to late Senator Daniel K Inouye, the first Japanese-American elected to both houses of Congress.
Biden chose the Resolute desk from the six desks traditionally offered, the same one used by Trump and Obama.
There have also been some cosmetic changes, including different rugs, curtains and wallpaper.
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
TOP STORIES
© 2024 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances