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If in the past ten years you can even close to the social media of Donald Trump have come into contact, they know that he is very concerned with his image. Representations of Trump – how to do it in his always embarrassing NFTS,, Cartoons from Ben Garrison, Memes and Fan stories generated by AI sees – rarely show him something different than a chiseled, heroic figure. One with a hard chin, full hair and a physique for which the men’s splash influencers would kill.
This does not have much to do with the reality of the 78-year-old who lives in the White House. But at the weekend the president made it clear that only the glorification of his image is acceptable for the public presentation.
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves. But that in the state capitol in Coloradothat the governor hung up with all other presidents, was deliberately distorted as much as I may have never seen before, ”wrote Trump angry on Sunday evening On Truth Social.
“She must have lost her talent”
“The artist also painted President Obama. And he looks wonderfully. But the picture of me is really the worst. She must have lost her talent when she got older. In any case, I would prefer a picture without this picture. But many people from Colorado called and wrote to complain.”
The president asked the democratic governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, to let the painting hang out. And then posted several photos of himself that he liked better. The 2019 painting was not commissioned by Polis. Rather From the Republicans in Colorado. And was based on a photo of the President, which was approved by a non -partisan committee.
In 2018 explained the Artist Sarah Boardman from Colorado Springs, who had painted the portrait, opposite that Colorado Times Recorderthat she decided to present the president with a “serious, non -confrontative, thoughtful” facial expression. Based on the representations of earlier presidents, which are exhibited in the Capitol.
“The perception of the power of the President changes over time. Official portraits are only portals to these lives that can be accepted or rejected by any viewer. Formal official portraits have stood for themselves over generations. And left the legacy of the presented to the viewer to accept or reject”, “, she told the newspaper in 2019.
No deliberate distortion
It seems that Trump rejected Boardman’s interpretation of his portrait. The thing is that it is really not that bad. Maybe his cheeks are a little fuller than that of the man of flesh and blood. But it’s definitely he. And it is not a deliberate distortion, as Trump claimed.
If the president wants to see something that corresponds more to his taste, he can see the painting that according to you Weekend report of the Washington Postthe commissioned by the Russian President Vladimir Putin and was given to him, is a real eye -catcher.