President Donald Trump made numerous changes to the decor of the Oval Office for his new term in office, removing many of the art pieces placed there by Joe Biden during his tenure and bringing back some of the pieces that were displayed during his first term, along with new ones and family photos.
It's a process that all presidents undergo so that the office reflects past presidents and other figures they respect and admire, as well as some personal touches.
Trump kept the Resolute Desk, as has every president since 1880 other than Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
He also kept a bust of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. while swapping out John F. Kennedy Jr.'s bust for one called "The Bronco Buster," which also appeared during his first term.
He switched out a portrait of progressive hero Franklin D. Roosevelt for one of first President George Washington, while keeping one of Benjamin Franklin up to emphasize science.
Not surprisingly, all of Biden's family photos were replaced by Trump's, including photos of his three older children in formal evening wear and one of First Lady Melania Trump with their son Barron when he was a baby.
He also brought back the bust of Winston Churchill which had been controversial previously--there were claims that Barack Obama removed it out of animus to the UK, but he only relocated it to the nearby White House Treaty Room.
Trump gets to decide everything about how the room is decorated, even the curtains.
He brought back a collection of military flags for each branch as part of his decor from his first term. Biden had apparently gotten rid of them.
While presidents do use the Oval Office to work, it is also a public place often shown in photos.
Trump used the office to sign a large number of executive orders on Inauguration Day, his first day in office.
The orders and his Oval Office decor choices have something in common--the attempt to erase Biden and his influence.
It's a new era of conservatism led by Trump, a pendulum swing back to the right after swinging far to the left over the last four years.
It's a chance to right the obvious and not-so-obvious wrongs of the Biden administration, at least for the next four years.
