Trump is said to skip White House portrait unveiling

Two days after the election on November 10th 2016, the President meets with President-elect Donald Trump Credit: Peter J. Souza (Creative Commons CC0 Waiver)

Donald Trump is said to skip the unveiling of former President Barack Obama's portrait at the White House. For the past 40 years, each first-time president would hold a ceremony for the unveiling of the official portrait of his predecessor at the White House. According to NBC News, Obama would not participate in the event "so long as Trump is in office, the people familiar with the matter said".

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