Trump has presidential portraits of Obama, Bushes moved to hidden stairwell in White House: report

President Trump has moved the presidential portraits of Barack Obama, George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush to a White House stairwell obscured from public view, according to a news report.

Trump instructed staff to move Obama's portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, where it will be out of view of visitors, two unnamed sources told CNN. The portraits of both Bushes are also in that staircase area, according to one of the sources.

Trump has had contentious relationships with all three former presidents.

A photo obtained by CNN shows Obama's portrait at the top of the stairwell in a corner, at the landing of the entrance to the private residence, which is restricted to members of the first family, Secret Service agents, and a limited number of White House and executive residence staff.

The portrait was moved in April across the Grand Foyer of the White House and is being replaced with a painting of Trump surviving an assassination attempt last year in Butler, Pa.

Former President Biden's portrait has not yet been completed.

Trump has recently accused Obama and members of his administration of committing treason during the 2016 election, which the former president's office called the claims “outrageous,” “bizarre,” and “a weak attempt at distraction.”

George H. W. Bush, who died in 2018, called Trump a “blowhard” in a biography and voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has called his son, George W. Bush, a “failed and uninspiring” president. The younger Bush and former first lady Laura Bush attended Trump's inauguration this year but did not attend the post-ceremony luncheon.