That was the case through at least July 8, when the rump welcomed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The two stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and made remarks, with the portraits of Clinton and Bush essentially looking on as they had been throughout rump's first term.

But in the days after after that, the Clinton and Bush portraits were moved into the Old Family Dining Room, a small, rarely used room that is not seen by most visitors.

The Bush portrait has been replaced by that of William McKinley, the nation's 25th president, who was assassinated in 1901, and the Clinton portrait has been replaced by one of Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded McKinley.

The Old Family Dining Room is barely used in the rump administration, aides said, and was taken off the list of locations visited during White House tours before the pandemic closed the executive mansion to the public.

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