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Biden in the Oval Office on his first day of work
Photo: TOM BRENNER / REUTERS
After Donald and Melania Trump moved out of the White House, there were not only new beds and mattresses (read more about the procedures for a change of government here).
The new US President Joe Biden immediately gave the Oval Office a new look.
Biden had the study completely redecorated in many places.
Also the visible indications and indications that after four years in office of the autocratic Trump a new wind and a different political culture are entering the White House:
1. The so-called
Resolute Desk
: You can now see pens and a coffee cup and saucer on the desk.
Trump, on the other hand, preferred to drink diet cola.
Apparently there was a button on the table so that someone could always be called when he wanted a soda.
On the left you can see the executive orders with which Biden revised his predecessor's decisions on the very first day.
2.
Benjamin Franklin
: Biden had a portrait of the US Founding Father hung up.
He traded it for a Trump-elected painting showing controversial former President Andrew Jackson.
During his tenure (1829 to 1837) Jackson had ensured the expulsion of the indigenous population from their tribal areas.
3.
Harry Truman
: The bust with the former President (term of office from 1945 to 1953) is under the painting by Benjamin Franklin.
Truman had begun to end racial segregation in the military in 1948.
4.
Cesar Chavez
: The bust of the union leader and civil rights activist (1927 to 1993) is in the middle of some family photos of the Biden.
He campaigned for better conditions for farm workers in the United States, many of whom come from Latin America.
Trump was an opponent of migration.
5. The
US flag
can
now
be seen
behind the desk, the so-called Resolute Desk
.
At Trump there were flags of military units.
6. A
flag with the presidential seal
: it was also set up instead of the military flags.
7.
Family
photos
:
At least one of the many pictures shows Biden's deceased son Beau.
Biden has repeatedly emphasized how important his family is to him.
But not only the appearance of the Oval Office has been changed, Biden's dealings with the public should also look different than Trump.
In the future, communication in the White House will be handled by a team made up of “qualified and experienced” people - for the first time it will only be women (read more here).
Its spokeswoman is Jen Psaki, who was already active under Barack Obama.
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Biden's spokeswoman Jen Psaki
Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP
She immediately announced that there would be daily press briefings again.
Under Trump, the briefing of journalists took place only sporadically.
He had also changed his communications team again and again: The White House spokesman was initially Sean Spicer, followed by Sarah Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and, most recently, Kayleigh McEnany.
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