After a thorough cleaning, President Biden has reclaimed the Oval, and made it his own.
Busts of César Chávez, Rosa Parks, Abe Lincoln, Harry Truman, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Bobby Kennedy have been added. Ben Franklin replaces Andrew Jackson. Added a Moon Rock, and removed the “Diet Coke button.”
Wonderful bust of Rosa Parks!
Above the fireplace hangs a large portrait of Franklin D Roosevelt, the president who led the country through the Great Depression and World War Two.
The portrait of another former president, Thomas Jefferson, has been paired with a man he frequently disagreed with, his former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton as "hallmarks of how differences of opinion, expressed within the guardrails of the Republic, are essential to democracy", the Post quotes Biden's office as saying.
Portraits of two other celebrated former presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, have also been paired.
Also gone is the tacky gold carpet replaced, by a deep blue carpet.
Looks great, Joe!