Claim: President removed red, white, and blue decor from the Oval Office and installed a 'Muslim prayer curtain' in the White House.
"Other historical photographs displayed on the White House Museum web site, which show the Oval Office as it appeared during the tenures ofU.S. presidents from Truman onwards, document that a red, white, and blue color scheme has been far more of an exception than a tradition in the last several decades. (A Time magazine article highlights some of the personal touches that President Obama brought to the Oval Office after his inauguration.)
"The images displayed in the Example block above were later reworked into one graphic which suggested that President Obama had removed U.S. flags from the White House and installed a gold-colored "Muslim prayer curtain" in their place:
"Rotten to Decor" . . . "There is no such thing as a "Muslim prayer curtain," and the patterned drapes shown behind President Obama bear no "Arabic symbols" or other markings of significance. They're simply gold silk lampas curtains that have adorned a wall in the East Room of the White House (a site commonly used for presidential press conferences) through several presidential administrations since the early 1960s: " . . .
"Other historical photographs displayed on the White House Museum web site, which show the Oval Office as it appeared during the tenures of
"The images displayed in the Example block above were later reworked into one graphic which suggested that President Obama had removed U.S. flags from the White House and installed a gold-colored "Muslim prayer curtain" in their place:
"Rotten to Decor" . . . "There is no such thing as a "Muslim prayer curtain," and the patterned drapes shown behind President Obama bear no "Arabic symbols" or other markings of significance. They're simply gold silk lampas curtains that have adorned a wall in the East Room of the White House (a site commonly used for presidential press conferences) through several presidential administrations since the early 1960s: " . . .