(CNN)Andrew Jackson may be giving way to Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill, but the seventh president's image is on the ascent in the modern White House.

On his fifth day in office, President Donald Trump elevated a portrait of his distant predecessor to a place in the Oval Office. On Wednesday, Trump flew south to Nashville, Tennessee, where he visited the Hermitage, Jackson's home, and placed a wreath at his tomb.

"It was during the revolution that Jackson first confronted and defied an arrogant elite -- does that sound familiar to you?" Trump said to cheers. "I wonder why they keep talking about Trump and Jackson, and Jackson and Trump."

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