White House Unveils Partisan “Presidential Walk of Fame” Plaques Dated Nov. 5, 2025

The White House has installed a series of plaques dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame," dated November 5, 2025. The plaques praise former President Donald J. Trump and sharply criticize recent presidents, combining factual references (dates, vote totals and policy actions) with partisan claims and contested assertions.

"The Presidential Walk of Fame was conceived, built, and dedicated by President Donald J. Trump as a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle, who served our Country, and gave up so much in so doing. The Presidential Walk of Fame will long live as a testament and tribute to the Greatness of America!"

What The Plaques Say

Barack Obama: One plaque calls Barack Hussein Obama "the first Black President" and describes him as a community organizer and one-term senator. It attributes to his presidency a range of contested and partisan criticisms — from the characterization of the Affordable Care Act as the "Unaffordable" Care Act to claims about economic stagnation, the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement. The plaque also accuses the Obama administration of failing to prevent the expansion of the so-called ISIS caliphate, allowing Libya to collapse into chaos, and permitting Russia's takeover of Crimea; it further alleges political weaponization of federal agencies and surveillance of the 2016 Trump campaign.

Joe Biden: Another plaque labels Joseph R. Biden Jr. "Sleepy Joe Biden" and calls him "by far, the worst President in American History." It asserts that his administration produced record inflation, a more than 20% loss in U.S. dollar value over four years, and an open southern border that it says allowed 21 million people to enter the country. The plaque also blames Biden for a humiliating Afghanistan withdrawal that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and links his perceived weakness to a Russian invasion of Ukraine and Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. Many of these statements are presented as claims on the plaques rather than independently verified events.

Donald J. Trump: A plaque commemorating Donald J. Trump celebrates his inauguration on January 20, 2025 — described as a second non‑consecutive term — and cites an Electoral College tally of 312 to 226. The inscription credits Trump with ending eight wars in his first eight months, securing the border, reducing inflation and energy costs, and attracting "trillions" in new investment. It also lists broad policy claims: the largest tax and spending cuts, sweeping regulatory rollbacks, an operation labeled "Operation Midnight Hammer" that allegedly destroyed Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity, and a number of symbolic or unusual items such as a "Trump Presidential Ballroom," a "Golden Dome" missile shield, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico "the Gulf of America."

Other Presidents: Additional plaques summarize earlier presidencies. Bill Clinton's plaque highlights crime and welfare legislation, NAFTA, China's WTO entry and late‑1990s economic growth. George W. Bush's plaque recalls the 2000 election, the response to September 11 and actions such as the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, tax cuts, and education and global health initiatives, while noting the 2008 financial crisis near the end of his presidency.

Context And Scrutiny

The plaques mix verifiable details — dates, vote counts and legislative names — with strongly partisan language and several assertions that lack broad independent verification or are presented without neutral historical context. Examples include named operations (for example, "Operation Midnight Hammer") and claims about construction projects or renamings that are not widely documented elsewhere.

White House officials have not published a detailed, neutral historical explanation to accompany the text. The installation appears to function both as commemoration and as an explicit political statement reflecting the administration's narrative about recent presidencies.

Visitors to the White House grounds can now read these plaques in situ. The physical display, dated November 5, 2025, has attracted attention because it puts contested and partisan interpretations of modern presidencies on permanent public view.

Note: This report describes the text displayed on the plaques and frames those statements as claims made by the inscriptions. Where the plaques present disputed or unusual assertions, this article notes that those claims are presented on the plaques rather than treating them as independently verified facts.