History, according to Trump, now on display at the White House

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00:00President Trump is literally putting his stamp on presidential history, installing new, sharply

00:08partisan plaques beneath the portraits of every former commander-in-chief along the White House

00:13colonnade. The exhibit is called the Presidential Walk of Fame, and the plaques, many written by

00:19Trump himself, don't just describe history, they judge it. Joe Biden is labeled Sleepy Joe and

00:25called by far the worst president in American history, with plaques repeating Trump's false

00:30claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Barack Obama is described as one of the most divisive

00:36political figures in history, and his health care law dismissed as unaffordable. Bill Clinton gets

00:42credit, but only with a reminder of scandals, and a final note that his wife lost to Trump in the race

00:48for president in 2016. The tone softens the further back you go, though even George W. Bush has

00:55criticized for starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ronald Reagan? The plaque

01:00highlights his admiration for a young Donald Trump. Trump, meanwhile, gets two glowing entries of his

01:06own, celebrating what he calls the greatest economy in the history of the world. His popular vote win

01:11this time around in 2024, and ends with the line, the best is yet to come. The White House says the

01:17plaques are a tribute. Critics say it's something else entirely.