Gavin Newsom mocks Trump after White House adds self-written boast to portrait plaques
Portraits of former U.S. President George W. Bush and former U.S. President Barack Obama at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is openly ridiculing a White House update after confirmation that President Donald Trump personally wrote some of the new presidential portrait plaques, including one declaring that he “saved America.” Trump-era additions reportedly reference his own reelection and attack former President Joe Biden, while even plaques for past presidents mention Trump. Newsom’s press office fired back with a viral mock plaque parodying Trump’s tone and obsessions, drawing laughs — and fresh criticism — as commentators questioned why the president is spending time rewriting history in bronze amid rising economic anxiety.

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Gavin Newsom mocks Trump after White House adds self-written boast to portrait plaques