FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the unveiling of the portrait of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. January 10, 2025. DoD/U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Pentagon officials on Monday removed a new portrait of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley within a couple of hours of Trump’s inauguration, an official said. The portrait,

The Pentagon removed a portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley that hung with paintings of other former chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Tuesday, The New York Times reported. A U.S. official told the newspaper that the White House ordered the takedown.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday removed the portrait of Mark Milley, the retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to two Reuters witnesses, in a move that happened within two hours of President Donald Trump's inauguration.

A portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who has feuded in highly public spats with President Trump, was taken down in the Pentagon on Monday. A

A portrait of retired general Mark Milley was removed from a Pentagon hallway just 10 days after it was unveiled. An image of the missing spot on the wall was posted by CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand. It was unclear why it was removed.

The former joint chiefs chairman received a pre-emptive pardon from Biden on Monday, just hours before he left office.

A portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, a target of President Donald Trump's wrath, disappeared from a Pentagon hallway hours after the inauguration.

Milley's newly unveiled portrait was removed from the hallways of the Pentagon hours after President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

The decision was an early salvo by the new administration against a military that President Trump has assailed for a variety of perceived offenses.

The Pentagon removed a portrait of General Mark Milley, reportedly at the orders of the White House, that had only just gone on view.