Trump Replaces Biden Portrait With Autopen Photo

President Donald Trump unveiled a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Wing colonnade and Rose Garden displaying black-and-white, gold-framed portraits of former presidents but replaced President Joe Biden’s likeness with a photograph of an autopen. The White House circulated video and images of the installation via communications aide Margo Martin, and the autopen “portrait” was positioned to be visible to guests at a Rose Garden dinner. Trump and some House Republicans used the display to renew allegations that Biden relied on an autopen to sign pardons and other documents, a claim Biden and his allies deny, saying he personally approved clemencies and other actions. Reporting notes that autopens have historical use and that a Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion has allowed their use for signing certain presidential actions, though House Republicans have opened probes into specific autopen use. Observers say the installation is part of broader West Wing changes by the Trump White House and has drawn widespread attention and criticism as a political taunt rather than a standard presidential portrait display.