In the portrait, Trump wears a red tie and an unsmiling expression. While he is wearing a prominent American flag pin on his lapel, there is nothing visible behind him.

"The flag to the right hand of the president has been around since Gerald Ford," Whetstone said. A White House official said that Trump's January portrait was never meant to be permanent.

The portrait, revealed by the White House in a short video on Monday, shows Mr. Trump wearing a red tie in a close-up against a dark backdrop. ... Trump wore a flag pin in all three portraits.

Introduced in an eight-second video by the White House Monday, June 2, the portrait depicts the president in a blue suit and a red tie against a black backdrop, looking at the camera with a ...

But the new image features more dramatic lighting on a black backdrop, instead of the flag and ornate wall in the background of the previous portrait. Also, Trump swapped his blue tie for a red tie .

Trump’s new official portrait lacked two elements his predecessors had in their photographs in recent decades, including an American flag in the background. CNN values your feedback 1.

In the portrait, Trump wears a red tie and an unsmiling expression. While he is wearing a prominent American flag pin on his lapel, there is nothing visible behind him.