What the New White House Plaques Say About U.S. Presidents

New plaques unveiled along President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” inside the White House are drawing attention for their sharply critical tone toward several former U.S. presidents.

Installed during Trump’s second term, the plaques sit beneath portraits lining corridors between the Oval Office and the South Lawn, a space traditionally associated with institutional continuity and national unity.

Former President Joe Biden is notably represented not by a portrait but by an image of an autopen signing his name, accompanied by a plaque that labels him the “worst president in American history.” The text accuses Biden of presiding over inflation, border failures, foreign policy crises, and political weaponization.

Barack Obama’s plaque describes him as “one of the most divisive political figures,” criticizing his healthcare law, Iran nuclear deal, and climate accords.

Even Republican former President George W. Bush is faulted for launching the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Other presidents, including John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Herbert Hoover, receive more conventional historical summaries that acknowledge both achievements and failures.

White House officials say the plaques reflect presidential legacies as written by Trump himself.