Trump’s new official portrait lacked two elements his predecessors had in their photographs in recent decades, including an American flag in the background.

"The flag to the right hand of the president has been around since Gerald Ford," Whetstone said. A White House official said that Trump's January portrait was never meant to be permanent.

New presidential portrait revealed by White House depicts somber Trump. Few American presidents have leveraged self-images for political messaging — and sometimes personal gain — in the way ...

After hanging in the Colorado State Capitol for more than five years, a portrait of President Trump will be taken down and placed in storage after Mr. Trump criticized the painting as ...