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President Trump decorated the Oval Office with a collage of family photos and other personal belongings that were on full display during his first day back in the White House.
The president’s sentimental possessions sit atop a table just behind the Resolute desk and were seen Monday night as Trump signed a series of executive orders just hours after he was sworn into office.
Framed pictures of Trump’s family members adorn one side of the table, opposite of what appears to be a collection of badges or challenge coins — similar to what he had in office when he was the 45th president.
Some of the photos include a portrait of Trump’s mother, Mary Anne, who died at the age of 88 in 2000, and Trump’s father, Frederick Trump, who died in 1999 at the age of 93.
The president’s father was a real estate developer and New York City native, who helped pave the way for Donald Trump to create a real estate empire himself in the Big Apple and then around the world.
Another photo shows Trump’s late older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, a former federal judge who died in 2023 at the age of 86.
Trump posed in another picture with a youngster — possibly his son Barron — who was in a baseball uniform. He’s also seen in another snap with a woman who appears to be his daughter, Tiffany.
The other side of the table features an arrangement of more than 30 challenge coins or badges.
Similar items were on display during Trump’s first White House stint and included military insignia and the logo of the NYPD, according to a Times of London report from 2019.
Additional features in the overhauled Oval Office include the return of the Diet Coke button that Trump used to buzz for sodas during his first term in office, portraits of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton, who was the country’s first Treasury secretary and founder of The Post.
A bust of Winston Churchill made a comeback to the White House while Trump kept a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. that was also used during the Biden administration, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Trump also brought in a new portrait of seventh president Andrew Jackson, the newspaper reported.
Artist Frederic Remington’s “The Bronco Buster” sculpture returned and a new eagle figure is also now in the world’s most unique office.
Trump weighed in on the new décor while signing executive orders and chatting with reporters Monday evening.
“First of all I just go here so my people came in, we have extraordinary decorators,” Trump said as he pointed to the Jackson portrait. “That’s a good one, I can live with him.”
“I can live with George Washington, I can live with Thomas Jefferson, I can live with most of them,” he continued. “They took a very safe route, they don’t have any bad ones up there.”
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