Inside Trump's Oval Office - Version 2.0

President Trump's redecorated Oval Office includes a portrait of Benjamin Franklin and a fresh Andrew Jackson painting, part of an Inauguration Day overhaul of the most exclusive office space in America.

- Annie Linskey

On Monday, around 3:30 p.m., shortly after Trump was sworn into office, Trump's aides gave The Wall Street Journal and a photographer an exclusive peek into the office.

A tray of pens was ready on the Resolute Desk for Trump to sign executive orders. A valet button that Trump famously used to order Diet Cokes was set up and ready to go.

Like four years ago, a portrait of George Washington now hangs over the fireplace, which is flanked by portraits of Alexander Hamilton, the country's first Treasury secretary, and Thomas Jefferson, the country's third president. A bust of Winston Churchill rests on a table near the fireplace, sitting in the same spot Trump originally had it before President Biden moved it out of the Oval Office when he took office in 2021. A bust of Martin Luther King Jr., whose likeness both Biden and Trump displayed in the Oval Office, remains.

There are also new silver eagle figures over the fireplace on the mantel.

The Oval Office is perhaps the most iconic setting in the White House, designed to convey the grandeur and the might of the presidency to the world. It is the setting for meetings with foreign heads of state, brass tacks talks with congressional leaders and where presidents address the nation in particularly historic moments.

"We love the Oval Office," Trump said on Monday during an appearance at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington. "The wars start and end there. Everything starts and ends at the Oval Office."

Unlike in other working meeting rooms in the White House complex, presidents tend to personalize the office, selecting art and artifacts that emphasize their values and the goals of their administration. When each new president takes power, their freshly made-over office serves as a reminder of the change in administrations.