The Obamas returned to the White House after five years to discover their official portraits

The Obamas returned to the White House after five years to discover their official portraits

“Barack, Michelle, welcome home,” Biden said.who served as vice president during the eight years that Obama was in the White House and has always been especially close to him, also since his own victory in the 2020 elections.

Since 1965, the White House Historical Association has facilitated the acquisition of presidential portraits.

Moment when the portraits of the Obamas are revealed at the White House ceremony.mp4

The moment when the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama are revealed at the White House ceremony.

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The choice of its authors falls to the protagonists themselves and is kept secret until ceremonies like today’s, in which it was confirmed that Obama had chosen the painter Robert McCurdy and the former first lady Sharon Sprung for his.

Both were pleased, and Obama explained that he wanted to move away from the “mythical status” that is often bestowed on presidents when it comes to capturing them for posterity.

“What I want you to remember about Michelle and me is that presidents and first ladies are human beings just like everyone else,” he said.

Trump canceled these symbolic ceremonies during his term and, although his name has not come to light as such, the predecessor of Biden on the White House yes it was present in a veiled way in the speech of Michelle Obama, who defended the traditions and the “peaceful” transfer of powers.

In the air remains, however, if Biden will give the same treatment to Trump. The spokesperson for the Presidency, Karine Jean-Pierre, summoned yesterday to consult this type of doubts to the Historical Association of the White House.

Source: Ambito

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