Donald Trump Reveals New Joe Biden-Inspired White House Artwork

President Donald Trump revealed in an interview with The Daily Caller that there is piece of art inspired by former President Joe Biden being prepared for display in the White House.

Trump told the outlet, “We put up a picture of the autopen.”

Newsweek has reached out to a press representative of Biden outside of regular working hours via email for comment.

Why It Matters

Earlier this year, Trump used analysis from The Heritage Foundation to accuse Biden of not physically signing multiple documents, including key pardons.

The Oversight Project, a branch of The Heritage Foundation—the think tank that wrote Project 2025, a U.S. political movement aiming to shape Republican administration policies—claimed that the Biden White House used an automated signature in order to place Biden’s name on several key documents.

In June, Trump ordered an investigation into the Biden administrations alleged use of an autopen and alleged that Biden was not aware of presidential orders and appointments.

Biden has denied these allegations, calling them ridiculous and false.

What To Know

Trump gave an interview with The Daily Caller, the full transcript of which was published on Monday, Sept. 1. In the interview, the president showed the outlet’s reporter some of the new features in the White House, including a sketch of Biden’s official portrait.

The president, who has made multiple changes to the White House since his return to office, said that they are making a “Presidential Wall of Fame.”

Asked by the reporter if he would be hanging a portrait of Biden, Trump replied that it was an “interesting question,” and added, “We put up a picture of the autopen.”

“I like it. This is going to be very controversial,” Trump said.

It was not made clear in the interview if the photo would be of the autopen itself, or, Biden with the autopen.

Biden’s last years in office, and his re-election run in 2024, were marked by concerns over his age and mental acuity. Though he assured voters he was able to beat Trump and complete a second term in the White House, he later withdrew from the race and endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris.

The autopen allegations come in the context of larger claims, some of which stem from MAGA and conspiracy theories, that the Biden White House was covering up for an alleged cognitive decline of the president while he was in office.

In 2005, the Department of Justice (DOJ) stated: “The President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law.” As such, even if Biden had used an autopen for his signature, this is unlikely to have legal implications.

The autopen has been previously used by Trump, and was first used by President Barack Obama.

Trump has directed multiple major renovations at the White House since the beginning of his second term. This has included redesigning the previously minimalist Oval Office and paving over the iconic White House Rose Garden.

What People Are Saying

Former President Joe Biden, in a statement shared in June, said: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false. This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.”

President Donald Trump, in a June memo about the investigation, said: “In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline.

“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history. The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.”

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, in a statement shared by The New York Times in March: “The White House has not been given any tender, loving care in many decades, so President Trump is taking necessary steps in order to preserve and restore the greatness and glory of ‘the People’s House.’”