When a new president moves into the White House, they have free rein to redecorate it as they see fit.
As President Donald Trump attended his first ceremony on Monday, dozens of staffers worked furiously at the White House, moving former President Biden's personal belongings and Trump's.
Some of the decorations seen in the oval office belong to the president. For example, a family photo in which both Biden and Trump were shown behind the Resolute Desk. However, other items such as tables, chairs, and officiants, including portraits of former presidents, belong to the White House collection and are chosen by presidents to be featured during their terms.
From the carpet to the curtains and artwork on the walls, the look of the oval office is entirely a presidential choice. Let's take a look at what Trump kept and what he was discarded by his predecessor.
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Maintain: Resolute Desk
Executive orders on trade are located at the Resolute Desk in the White House Oval Office on March 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
All but three U.S. presidents since 1880 – LBJ, Nixon, and Ford have used the famous desk presented to President Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria that year. Trump, like Biden, used it in his first term, with Trump pictured signing a flurry of executive action at his desk on his first day in office on Monday.
Deleted: Portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Joe Biden sits under a portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he meets with Ukrainian President Voldymy Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House on September 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. I am. – Face meeting and first meeting of Ukrainian leaders in more than four years. (Doug Millspool/Getty Images)
When Biden took office, he hung a large portrait of progressive hero FDR above the fireplace. It became the focal point of the room. Biden's intention was to honor Roosevelt, who guided the country through the Great Depression and World War II, as the United States faced another crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Trump removed the portrait and replaced it with one of President George Washington, which hung in the Oval Office during Trump's first term. The Wall Street Journal reported.
Preserving: Martin Luther King Jr. Bust
A carved bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. adorns a table for an early preview of the redesigned Oval Office awaiting President Joseph Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post via Bill O'Leary/Getty Images)
According to the Journal, Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights hero showcased by both Trump and Biden, will remain in the Oval Office for Trump's second term.
Exchange: Family photos
President Donald Trump after signing an executive order at the White House Oval Office on Thursday, January 23, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump's collection of family photos currently resides on a small table behind the Resolute Desk. Among them is a photo of the president's mother, Mary Ann McLeod Trump, and a portrait of his father, Fred Trump. Also shown are photos of Trump's eldest three children in formal evening wear. A photo of Trump with his daughter Ivanka when she was a girl. And a photo of Trump with first lady Melania Trump when their son Barron was a baby.
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Photos of the Biden family had previously been placed at this table, including one of his adult children, Beau, Hunter, and Ashley Biden.
Keep: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Natalie Harp, aide to President Donald Trump, and White House Communications Director Stephen Chen (R) present a series of executive orders at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2025. A portrait of Benjamin Franklin hangs on the wall in the background. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Wall Street Journal reported that a portrait of Benjamin Franklin that Biden added to the Oval Office to demonstrate his focus on science.
Deleted: Robert F. Kennedy bust
Robert F. Kennedy bust behind President Joe Biden during a meeting with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, April 15, 2024 (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump replaced a bust of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Biden supported a sculpture of President Andrew Jackson called “Bronco Buster” by Frederick Remington, which he placed near the fireplace. According to the Journal, Jackson's sculpture was also featured in the Oval Office during Trump's first term.
Return: Winston Churchill Bust
British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) and President Donald Trump meet next to the bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 27, 2017 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
The bust of Winston Churchill that Biden removed is being returned at Trump's direction. A bronze bust by British American artist Jacob Epstein has been the focus of controversy in the past. London's mayor at the time, Boris Johnson, had claimed that President Obama removed the bust when he took office in 2009, but the White House refuted that claim in 2012, stating that the bust was in the White House's Treaty Room. observed that it was placed just outside the oval office of.
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Returned: Portrait of Andrew Jackson
President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Robert Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
According to WSJ, a new painting of President Andrew Jackson provided by the White House Art Collection is featured prominently in Trump's Oval Office. Trump has long admired the country's seventh president, a populist and disruptive figure. That, Trump once said, “rocked the establishment like an earthquake.”
Return: US military flag
President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA on Monday, January 20, 2025. Flags representing various branches of the U.S. military can be seen in the background. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Trump highlights flags representing each branch of the armed services in the oval office.
