How US presidents have redecorated the Oval Office, from Taft to Trump

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Donald Trump's gold-filled Oval Office.
President Donald Trump has given the Oval Office a makeover during his second term.

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Inside the Air Force One plane used by 8 presidents, where Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in after JFK's assassination

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SAM 26000, an old Air Force One plane.
Eight US presidents flew on this Air Force One plane known as SAM 26000.

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Before-and-after photos show changes Trump has made to the White House decor, so far

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Gold ornaments in Donald Trump's Oval Office.
Ornaments sit on a shelf as US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025.

I visited Sagamore Hill, the country estate of President Theodore Roosevelt, dubbed the 'Summer White House.' Take a look.

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Sagamore Hill on Long Island, New York.

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The longest State of the Union addresses in recent history, ranked

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
President Donald Trump has given five of the 10 longest State of the Union speeches since they were tracked in 1964.

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The almost-presidents: 10 Americans who nearly assumed the nation's highest office

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Robert F. Kennedy holding a microphone and Al Gore waving.
Robert F. Kennedy and Al Gore both almost reached the nation's highest office.

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US presidents ranked by their approval ratings when they left office

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Donald Trump stands in front of American flags at the WHite House
President Donald Trump faced the second-highest disapproval rating of the past 70 years when he left the White House in 2021.

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See how presidents' official White House portraits have changed over the last 100 years

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Donald Trump's new White House portrait.
Donald Trump's new White House portrait.

Official White House photo by Daniel Torok

Before Air Force One, US presidents traveled aboard a luxury train car. Look inside the 'White House on wheels.'

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The Ferdinand Magellan was in presidential use from 1943 to 1954.

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See inside the E-4B 'Nightwatch,' the president's 'doomsday plane' that can survive nuclear war

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An E-4B plane.
Maintainers from the 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare the E-4B for flight as a visiting documentary production team loads onto the Nightwatch to film a local training sortie and air refueling mission from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., May 15, 2024.

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