TRUMP IS RIGHT IN CRITICIZING BIDEN'S USE OF THE AUTOPEN, BUT REPLACING HIS PORTRAIT WITH THAT OF AN AUTOPEN IMAGE IS A CHILDISH ACT

White House unveils Presidential Walk of Fame with Biden portrait replaced by autopen image

The display comes as Trump continues criticism of the former president's use of signing machine

 

By Louis Casiano  

 

Fox News

Sep 24, 2025

 

 

An image of an autopen that replaced a portrait of former President Joe Biden in the White House.

 

The White House unveiled a Presidential Walk of Fame outside the West Wing on Wednesday, which showed a portrait of former President Joe Biden replaced with the image of an autopen, a device previously used by the commander in chief to sign important orders, including pardons.

A video posted on X by the White House shows the portraits of previous presidents. 

When it pans over to Biden, a portrait with an image of an autopen is shown making his signature.

Another image posted by the White House appears to show Trump looking at his portrait.

An autopen is a machine that physically holds a pen and follows programming to imitate a person’s signature. It can hold various types of pens, from ballpoint to permanent marker, according to descriptions of autopen machines for sale online.

Trump has railed against Biden’s use of the autopen, claiming the former president didn’t know what documents he was signing and that thousands of pardons were void. Many of the claims came as he and other Republicans questioned Biden’s mental acuity while in office.

 

A framed image of an autopen in the White House. 

 

"It was illegally used. He never gave the orders," Trump told reporters earlier this month during a trip to the United Kingdom. "He never told them what to do. And I guess the only one he signed, or one of the few he signed, was the pardon for his son."

Biden and Democrats have pushed back on criticism of his autopen use and questions about his cognitive abilities.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Biden's office.

 

President Donald Trump looks at presidential portraits at the White House outside the West Wing near the Rose Garden.

 

Trump teased the autopen images during an interview with The Daily Caller.

"We'll put up a picture of the autopen," he said.