Did Trump hang golden eagle decoration on White House balcony?
Did Trump hang golden eagle decoration on White House balcony?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-golden-eagle-white-house/
Publish Date: 2026-07-01 13:37:00
Source Domain: www.snopes.com
Claim:
U.S. President Donald Trump mounted a golden eagle decoration, shown in an image he shared on Truth Social, on the White House’s Truman Balcony in June 2026.
Rating:
A claim that U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a real gold-plated eagle hanging at the White House circulated online in late June 2026. The eagle’s wings were spread wide with 11 stars in the center.
Posts (achived) on social media (archived) alleged that Trump actually placed the eagle on the historic landmark’s front balcony, known as the Truman Balcony. Some people seemed to believe the claim because of the president’s penchant for adding gold decor to the White House and reached out to Snopes to verify whether it was true.
It was true that Trump posted (archived) an image of a golden eagle attached to the White House’s Truman Balcony, with the caption “A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!” He made the post on June 29, 2026, at 8:23 p.m. ET.
However, there was no evidence as of this writing that Trump actually mounted the golden eagle decoration on the balcony. The photo in his post was fake and likely created using artificial intelligence software. Therefore, we have rated this claim as false.
If Trump had added the eagle, journalists at reputable news outlets would have reported on it. That was not the case. Searches using Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo for keywords “golden eagle white house balcony” did not uncover any evidence the eagle was actually there.
Freelance photographer Andrew Leyden posted photos of the Truman Balcony on X at 9:27 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026 — about an hour after Trump’s post — that he said were…
