President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed, but felt they had no choice. That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first

Democrats don't have a transformational leader to vanquish MAGA and risk being befuddled by President Trump's shock-and-awe campaign.

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term, was reinstalled during Trump’s inauguration ceremony, according to CBS News. The Resolute Desk had to be partially disassembled in order to facilitate its return.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

After four years of a subdued term under President Joe Biden, 82, Trump has brought energy and unpredictability back to the Oval Office. The former reality TV star and businessman known for his branding, Trump, 78, jump-started his agenda with an eye for dramatics.

Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was “very generous.”

Praise for Carter's deployment of hot water solar panels ignores, among other things, his promotion of coal and synthetic fuels.

In his first hours as president, Trump signed numerous executive orders to implement his administration's promises.

Trump pretended to know nothing of the far-right’s dystopian agenda for his second term. But in his Inauguration Day remarks, he essentially cruised through a Project 2025 checklist and called for America to pursue its "Manifest Destiny.