During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s White House visit Thursday, Donald Trump pointed out the autopen image displayed instead of Joe Biden’s portrait on the Presidential Walk of Fame; former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews said the gesture humiliated the United States.
Trump replaced Biden’s photo with an autopen image in September 2025 as he leaned into unproven claims that Biden was so unwell staff used an autopen to approve pardons and other measures for him.
Former Rep. John Delaney called the display “the most un-American thing an American president has ever done.” Xi gave a polite laugh, while those around him laughed more heartily, according to the article.
