Trump Hangs 'Tacky' Fantasy Painting of Himself With GOP Presidents in White House

[demmiblue]

President Trump’s latest addition to White House decor is a kitschy fantasy painting that shows him relaxing with Republican presidents of the past—an update to a best-selling image commonly found in tourist gift shops and online galleries.

The artwork, “The Republican Club” by Andy Thomas, could be seen in the background of a photo tweeted by 60 Minutes, which aired an interview with Trump on Sunday night.

It shows a slimmed-down Trump sandwiched between Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, directly across from Abraham Lincoln. Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and both Bushes are also in the imaginary scene.

Amateur art critics sneered on social media that the painting was “tacky,” “a travesty,” or “blasphemy.” Some said it looked like the political version of the famous “dogs playing poker” painting.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hangs-tacky-fantasy-painting-of-himself-with-gop-presidents-in-white-house?ref=home

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He certainly made him thinner!

[Docreed2003]

1. Oh course he would do this...

He's a self aggrandizing asshole and he has no class, none!!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. It's downright weird

Only one other person decorated his house with this kind of tacky art of himself - post-insanity MJ:

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[Docreed2003]

17. Oh I wouldn't say only one...

Ben Carson has a huge portrait of himself and Jesus in his home!

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. Trump + Nixon would be more true to life.

[GoCubsGo]

3. I guess the clown who painted that monstrosity is unaware that

Teddy Roosevelt got disgusted with the GOP and formed his own party? He probably missed the part about GWH Bush voting for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, too. I doubt Lincoln, Eisenhower, and probably even Ford wanted anything to do with the rest of those assholes, either. Quite the fantasy there. Right down to exaggerating the size of Mushroom Dick's tiny hands,

Is this the same kook who did all those other weird-o paintings that included Trump and Jeebus, and God smiting Democrats?

[demmiblue]

4. No, that is Jon McNaughton.

He paints some crazy shite!

[GoCubsGo]

5. Thanks. Their styles are very similar.

I think they might also be taking the same hallucinogens.

[3Hotdogs]

6. The rest of 'em better count their fingers before they leave the table.

[peekaloo]

9. Most of them seem to be checking for their wallets.

or reaching for a weapon.

[Freethinker65]

7. In the same room as the famous "dogs playing poker" and $$ self portrait bought with charity money

Next to the fake Time magazine covers?

[demmiblue]

10. Heh! Don't forget a photo of his inauguration taken at an angle that makes it appear more bigly.

[Ms. Toad]

46. My first thought was,

who paid for it?

[HAB911]

8. Many people are saying

he placed it right next to the Elvis on Black Velvet painting he so loves

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. It needs to BE on black velvet.

And in the background, a misty stairway to heaven, with plump cherubs playing trumpets while Jesus beckons from the top of the stairs. Mounted, of course, in the finest glossy gold Rust-Oleum-painted frame.

[wishstar]

11. Disgusting how they're portrayed laughing at how he conned gullible voters

except Teddy R. seems to be more grimacing rather than laughing with glee like the others

[bigtree]

12. k&r

[panader0]

21. This is the first thing I thought of.

I wish I could photoshop tRump's picture at that table.

[EffieBlack]

14. I've been seeing these paintings in cheap art and poster shops for years

I cannot believe he would actually put this up in our White House.

But, then again, why am I surprised by anything he does?

[Bettie]

15. FFS...he's just a

I don't even have the correct adjectives anymore.

But WTF? How is this guy in charge of anything? Seriously.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Trash with money is what he is.

[Roland99]

16. Abe, Teddy, Eisenhower and Ford would have spit on Twitler

At the very least.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. I don't think even Nixon would have wanted anything to do with him.

Nixon was sleazy but at least he wasn't stupid.

[boston bean]

19. A glass of coke.

[tavernier]

20. No worries

When he has the yard sale, it will be the first one to go. I imagine Nugent will snatch it up, having similar taste.

You don’t really think he’ll leave without gutting the place for personal profit, do you?

[pandr32]

22. Looks like Charlton Heston was used as Bush Sr model

...or is it supposed to be Charlton Heston?

[nuxvomica]

23. I also see Taft, Coolidge, Harding, Hoover and Grant in the background

Taft wasn't slimmed down for some reason. I think there's also Garfield and Benjamin Harrison?

[demmiblue]

25. The man near the column looks like Mark Foley!

Not likely, but...


This kitsch (same artist) is much more for fun in terms of figuring out who's who:

[bdamomma]

24. lets replace

those past Repig Presidents with the tRump crime family is more like it.

Bannon
Kelly
Miller
Jared
Sessions

oops there are more:

Graham
Corker
Hatch
Grassley
Cornyn
McConnell

[Runningdawg]

26. Do you think he taped the picture of the flag he colored to the refrigerator?

[Adrahil]

27. Teddy Roosevelt would kick his ass. NT

[NewJeffCT]

41. yeah

TR was the guy that took an assassin's bullet to the chest and kept on speaking for another hour before seeking medical treatment. (the anniversary of that event was very recently, so that's why it's fresh in my head)

Trump was the guy that needed a golf cart to keep up with the other world leaders on foot, including Angela Merkel, who is only a few years younger than Trump.

[JHan]

29. worst artist ever lol

[Cartoonist]

31. The image I get

[madaboutharry]

32. The artist took off at least 50 lbs.

Even his skin tone looks like that of a normal person. What a joke. Trump doesn't look anything like that in real life.

In my opinion, most of the former presidents in that painting would denounce this asshole for a variety of reasons and walk out of the room: Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, and both Bushes. I doubt Ford would want to hang around Trump. That might leave, and I said might, Nixon.

Only a very sick person would commission a painting like this. It is sickening.

[anarch]

33. Hell, I'm surprised it's not this one:

[Onyrleft]

34. Please tell me this was painted on black velvet.

[area51]

35. Fake Trump in the painting seems almost the only one looking at the viewer. n/t

[fierywoman]

36. Fingers are longer. In fact, they're quite long.

[NightWatcher]

37. What white trash flea market in Hog Knuckle, Alabama did he find that in?

[Gothmog]

38. Trump is an idiot

[denbot]

39. What a fucking buffoon.

Shitler has no idea how clueless he looks.

[onethatcares]

40. did we pay for this shit?

as taxpayers?

[Vinca]

42. It would be more realistic if Ike was smacking Don up side the head.

[JohnnyLib2]

43. Seems like the perfect representation to me---

Totally phony in all ways.

[BeckyDem]

44. Abraham Lincoln? Trump makes a mockery out of everything because he has no soul.

[unitedwethrive]

45. And they're laughing because of the giant scam they perpetrated on the American people

and the very foundations of our Democracy?

Are they not aware that the political parties changed platforms around the turn of the 20th century when William Jennings Bryant stressed the importance of social justice to the Democratic Party? If they are going to align themselves with Lincoln, then they need to embrace his way of thinking, which was embraced by the progressives of the time living in the large, Northern cities: unprecedented expansion of federal power, government funding of the transcontinental railroad, the development of the state university system, financial incentives for homesteaders to settle the West, and most notably protections for African Americans.

To include Lincoln is very hypocritical.