National Portrait Gallery Drops Language About Trump’s Two Impeachments

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed wall text that referred to President Trump’s two impeachments when the museum recently replaced a portrait of him in its “America’s Presidents” exhibition. The earlier wall text described Mr. Trump’s appointment of three Supreme Court justices, his promotion of Covid-19 vaccine development and his “historic comeback in the 2024 election” after he lost the previous election to Joseph R.

Biden Jr. It also included the sentence: “Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials.” The new image, a black-and-white portrait by White House photographer Daniel Torok, shows the president in the Oval Office; when Mr.

Trump posted the image in October he wrote, “In the Oval Office, getting ready to leave our imprint on the World. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” The White House had long viewed the impeachment sentence as a grievance. After Mr. Trump announced last year that he was firing Kim Sajet, then the gallery’s director, the White House compiled a list of complaints that included that sentence.

The Smithsonian said it hung the new photograph on Thursday and was beginning a planned update of the exhibition; the museum’s acting director is Elliot Gruber.

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