Trump Flips Out Over A Not-Very-Flattering Official Portrait | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump spent a part of his Sunday railing towards a portrait of himself that’s been hanging within the Colorado Capitol for almost six years.

“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before,” he griped on his Truth Social web site.

Trump stated a portrait of President Barack Obama created by the identical artist, Sarah Boardman, “looks wonderful.”

But the president slammed the picture of himself as “truly the worst.”

Check it out on this 2019 picture taken after the revealing:

The president insisted that “many people” have referred to as and written to complain in regards to the picture, which he blamed on Gov. Jared Polis (D).

“Jared should be ashamed of himself!” Trump stated as he demanded that Polis take the portrait down.

But Polis wasn’t behind the portray, which was commissioned in 2018, earlier than he took workplace, after a prankster positioned a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin in a spot the place a picture of Trump ought to have been, however wasn’t.

There was no picture of Trump on the time as a result of no cash had been raised to fee it.

When that story went viral, Kevin Grantham ― a Republican who was president of the Colorado Senate on the time ― raised greater than $10,000 through crowdfunding for the portrait.

At the revealing in 2019, the artist stated her picture was meant to face the take a look at of time.

“In five, 10, 15, 20 years, he will be another president on the wall who is only historical background and he needs to look neutral,” Boardman stated, in accordance with Colorado Public Radio.

She additionally described her course of to the Colorado Times Recorder in an interview performed as she labored on the piece.

“When I start to paint a portrait, it is the portrait, likeness, and ‘essence’ of the subject which I strive to portray,” she stated. “Any personal feelings about any subject are not relevant and are left outside the studio per my training to ‘leave those emotions at the door.’”

Six yr later, nonetheless, and Trump’s feelings look like getting the higher of him as he railed towards the portrait.

The president’s critics mocked him over the meltdown: