Trump Unveils Walk of Fame, Replaces Biden Portrait

President Trump unveiled the "Presidential Walk of Fame" along the West Wing Colonnade overlooking the Rose Garden, installing gold-framed black-and-white portraits of past presidents to link the Executive Residence and the Oval Office. In place of Joe Biden's headshot, Trump displayed an image of an autopen signing Biden's name, a pointed rebuke he says highlights Biden's reliance on the device. Autopen signatures are legally valid when authorized, but internal White House emails raised concerns about whether review procedures were followed for specific clemency documents. Photos and White House social posts show the display as a work-in-progress with a large gold "Presidential Walk of Fame" sign and brown-paper placeholders, and Trump said he was inspired by a private hotel's gallery. Critics called the installation tacky political theater and a defacement of the colonnade, while the move dovetails with other renovations — added gilding, moved or replaced presidential portraits, reported plans for a ballroom to bear Trump's name — and the project reportedly will duplicate portraits where administrations overlapped.