Critics aghast as White House displays framed photo of Trump with Putin
Lawmaker from Estonia says photo celebrates ‘the greatest war criminal of the 21st century’Donald Trump has apparently added a framed photo of himself standing with Vladimir Putin to the White House decor, prompting criticism from a senator, members of the media and beyond.Newly surfaced photos...
<p>Lawmaker from Estonia says photo celebrates ‘the greatest war criminal of the 21st century’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> has apparently added a framed photo of himself standing with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> to the White House decor, prompting criticism from a senator, members of the media and beyond.</p><p>Newly surfaced photos from the Palm Room, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/trump-white-house-changes-renovations.html">which</a> connects the West Wing to the executive residence, show a framed image of the US president and the Russian president at their <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/trump-putin-alaska-meeting-ukraine">summit in Alaska last August</a>. Notably, that event marked the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/trump-putin-meeting-alaska">first in-person meeting </a>between US and Russian leaders <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/trump-putin-meeting-takeaways.html">since</a> Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. The meeting drew complaints from Democrats who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/trump-putin-alaska-meeting-ukraine">accused</a> him of “cozying up” to Putin, and rolling out “the red carpet” for the Russian leader “instead of “standing with Ukraine and our allies”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/trump-putin-white-house-photo">Continue reading...</a>
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