Barack Obama Mocks President Donald Trump’s Oval Office Renovations at the White House

It seems like Barack Obama has some thoughts on President Donald Trump‘s White House makeover.

The former president, 65, appears in a behind-the-scenes video with Larry David released Monday, August 10, that was taken on the set of the comedian’s sketch comedy miniseries Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.

In it, Obama — who made a cameo in Friday’s series finale episode — walks onto the set, which was built to be a replica of what the White House’s Oval Office looked like when he was president, and comments on how things look.

“Nice job on the recreation,” the father of two said to those working on the show.

“You even have the apples,” he said, referencing a fruit bowl. “It’s fantastic.”

“Although, I do want to point out — there’s no gold sign on the outside that says ‘Oval Office,'” Obama said jokingly. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.”

The 44th president was referring to gold letters reading “The Oval Office” that the 80-year-old former reality TV show personality had installed last year at the historic presidential home.

People reported that Trump teased the Oval Office signage in November 2025, when placeholder paper letters were hung on the wall.

Obama — whose Higher Ground Productions produces Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness — also appeared in the first episode of the series when it premiered in June.

The Oval Office signage is one of many changes that happened at the White House.

Trump also had new plaques added to the Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House that insult former United States presidents.

Under a photo of Joe Biden, the former president was referred to as “Sleepy Joe,” and under a picture of Obama, Trump wrote that the former president was “one of the most divisive political figures in American History.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously confirmed that many of the newly added plaques “were written directly by the president himself.”