Nearly six months into his historic second term, President Donald Trump’s new official portrait has been unveiled and is now displayed at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House.
The eight-second video, shared by White House officials on social media Monday, shows staff hanging the updated portrait in the hallway of the executive offices. The photo was taken by Daniel Torok, an official White House photographer.
In the portrait, Trump wears a blue suit, white dress shirt, and red tie, with a small American flag lapel pin. His expression remains largely neutral — a marked contrast from his first official portrait in 2017, which featured a slight smile. His previous official image for the second term, released just before his January 2025 inauguration, showed a similar neutral expression but with a blue tie.
The new portrait is expected to be distributed to other federal agencies and government buildings across the country in the coming weeks.
The unveiling comes just days after Trump announced the firing of Kim Sajet, director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, in a move that drew national attention.
In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump accused Sajet of being a “strong supporter” of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies — initiatives the administration has increasingly targeted in recent months.
A White House official said that Sajet had previously donated nearly $4,000 to Democratic candidates, including Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris. The administration also pointed to a caption that accompanied Trump’s image at the Portrait Gallery, which they said reflected political bias.
The caption in question read:
“Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials. After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mounted a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president aside from Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term.”
Trump and his allies viewed the language as inappropriate for a government-supported institution and used it to justify Sajet’s dismissal.
President Trump’s second official portrait underscores his rare return to power. After losing the 2020 election, he reclaimed the presidency in 2024, becoming the first American leader since Grover Cleveland to serve nonconsecutive terms.
As of Monday, the new portrait hangs in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and serves as a symbol of Trump’s ongoing reshaping of federal institutions and cultural landmarks during his second term.
With input from Fox News
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