Here's the official White House portrait of President Obama - for 2021

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

That would be AWESOME!

[PCIntern]

1. A TAN SUIT!!!!

I love it!!!

[lagomorph777]

30. Brilliant! And here's the Trump portrait Biden will be unveiling:

[Rebl2]

48. That would

be appropriate for trump.

[LSFL]

52. I would buy a bidet b4 using that tp.

" TRUMP TOILET PAPER. THE MORE YOU USE IT, THE MORE SHIT YOU GET ON YOU ".

[DinahMoeHum]

53. Use this to go along with it. . .

#newrostrong

[SergeStorms]

88. Uh oh.....

I just flushed a bunch of Trump "portraits" down the porcelain hopper.

[lame54]

100. Great - used tp

[George II]

44. That was the first thing I noticed. I wonder if that was intentional.

[Wounded Bear]

49. Rule 39: "There is no such thing as coincidence."

[mopinko]

97. close

in my life these days it’s rule 1

[True Blue American]

98. LOL

[MRDAWG]

59. And Pink shoe laces!

Miss Obama!

[padah513]

99. ...

SMH

[Cha]

63. LOL.. that was my simultaneous thought with.. how

elegantl!

[JDC]

70. Me too

[Rhiannon12866]

92. My first thought, too, LOL

And that is one great portrait, captures his demeanor perfectly!

[PNW-Dem]

101. He looks great.

And agreed, I love that they chose the tan suit. Looks really good.

[cadaverdog]

103. Niggling critique

I love everything about the portrait, but why oh why did the artist choose to leave his suit jacket unbuttoned? When a gentleman rises from his seat, he automatically buttons his jacket, and President Obama almost always does this. It is one of the differences that sets him aside from the current slob-in-residence of the White House. The joke is that Trump thinks this makes him look thinner. Not hardly.
Then there is the matter of the length of Trump's red tie. Nuff said.

[Brainfodder]

2. The tan suit made me laugh and a nice touch?

[MadLinguist]

3. In his marvelous tan suit, no less

[Ohiogal]

4. In his TAN SUIT no less!!

[FightingIrish]

5. Our greatest president wearing his biggest scandal

Love it.

[nycbos]

11. I thought his biggest scandal was ordering mustard on his burger.

[IronLionZion]

14. No president has ever done anything worse

[leftieNanner]

20. Not just Mustard!

But Dijon Mustard!

Truly despicable!

[Totally Tunsie]

39. Yes, Dijon...less likely to show up if dropped on

his handsome TAN SUIT.

I wish this were his official portrait!

[panader0]

41. When you use Dijon, you have to hold your pinkie up. Donchaknow.

[Polybius]

107. And medium-well if I remember right!

[Harker]

31. The absence of ketchup was a parallel crime

of at least the same magnitude.

[George II]

45. It wasn't just mustard, it was hoitie toitie Gray Poupon mustard!

[eleny]

6. I like that he's looking to his *left*!

[NBachers]

7. This is Nancy Pelosi-level shanking. I love it!

[Bradshaw3]

8. I love the look on his face

Proud, intelligent, self-assured and a little smile that to me says, "I can handle anything you people throw at me and it ain't getting to me".

[hlthe2b]

9. I love it... An elegant man...

[brewens]

10. Lose the flag pin. I hate it that now that's been made mandatory. As if we're not sure what country

a president or other high office holder works for.

[IronLionZion]

17. That's treason these days

I love how when foreign visitors come to America, they often are amazed by the overt displays of flags, eagles, etc. as patriotism here.

[aggiesal]

43. I loved when they trolled the MAGAt's ...

at one of Pendejo45's Klan rallies with the Russian flag,
because it was Red, White & Blue.

[keithbvadu2]

58. Does anyone see a flag pin on Ivanka's outfit at the UN?

Does anyone see a flag pin on Ivanka's outfit at the UN?

Have any patriotic republicans complained?

[DFW]

64. "Flag pin"

Is THAT what Republicans are calling them now?

[Danascot]

66. She has to be careful

of pins near those things.

[DFW]

69. Indeed. Some piercings were just not meant to be........ n/t

[AdamGG]

82. Silicone stains are really hard to get out

[rickford66]

73. Too cold to wear a pin that day.

[tblue37]

12. OMG! Is that a tan suit!!! nt

[MontanaMama]

13. Gorgeous man.

Inside and out. Tan suit no less.

[sop]

15. The painting captured Obama's true character: serious, intelligent, elegant with a hint of a smile.

[smb]

16. A Sneak Peek At Dolt45's Official Portrait

[calimary]

27. Just call it "Trumpster Fire."

That'll be sufficient.

[PCIntern]

29. I rarely LOL. I just did.

[Ilsa]

42. That's priceless!

Just tell the bozo that it's the biggest portrait in the WH. He'll be pleased.

[soldierant]

94. Actually,

that is far more flattering than any portrait showing his features and/or form could possibly be. I like it.

[sunonmars]

18. Apparently, this is actually not the portrait at all.

[calimary]

28. Even if so, I STILL like it.

I miss having a President I can look up to. Who was LEGITIMATELY elected without cheating, and without any help from an avowed enemy nation.

[aggiesal]

47. Apparently, this is the official one.

I actually like the Tan Suit one better.
And with the trolling aspect, I think we should petition that the Tan
suit Portrait become the official White House Portrait.

Otherwise, just send it over, I find a nice place for it.

[LudwigPastorius]

89. Obama has big hands, but I think Kehinde Wiley may have enhanced them, just a wee bit.

...all the better to contrast the inevitable portrait of the man-baby currently squatting in the White House.

[csziggy]

90. Background courtesy of William Morris nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. stunning. a truly great human being.

[yaesu]

21. he followed, t's come to my attention that this is not the official portrait...but I still love this

[warmfeet]

22. Beautiful, just beautiful! NT

[lunatica]

23. OMG!!

I love it, on every level, including as an artist! It doesn’t matter whether it’s official or not.

[sanatanadharma]

24. A Profound Portrait

A profound portrait
A strong face
The rest less developed
The face of man matters
Not the tatters nor wrappers

Tan suit wrapper, perhaps with pink-shoe-laces
Man-of-men

[dlk]

25. Love it!

[calimary]

26. WUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDERFUL!

What a great likeness!

Where's Michelle's?

[Drunken Irishman]

32. This is not the WH portrait.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/remysmidt/the-audicity-of-nope-taupe#.sqaKpY8YG7

[pink]

95. For Mr Plump

I think a portrait of an orangutan running amok through the White House spreading doggie doo would be appropriate.

[pazzyanne]

33. Love the tan suit! nt

[Autumn]

34. It's not the official White House portrait. You should delete this.

[Roland99]

40. Didn't read the full title?

Or the text of the tweet?

Geez people

Lighten up

[Autumn]

50. Yes I read the title and text. It's not, as you and the twitter claim, the official White House

portrait of President Obama - for 2021. I also saw where the person who tweeted found out that it wasn't and posted that it wasn't

Link to tweet

[demmiblue]

35. No, it isn't. n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

36. The tan suit scandal lives forever.😆

[FakeNoose]

37. He's ROCKIN' that tan suit!

[Cracklin Charlie]

38. Bold!

It’s perfect.

[malaise]

46. His birthday suit would be fine

with me

[Roland99]

51. Oh. My!

lol

[Karadeniz]

57. Could you make do with a painting of the photo of Obama emerging from the waves on a

Vacation in Hawaii? I LOVE that bare-chested photo! Canada could no longer claim to have the western hemisphere hunk!

[malaise]

62. That would be fine

[jmowreader]

54. The official portrait of Trump will be a photograph

It's so hard to catch the subtleties in a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe as you ascend the stairs of Air Force One with canvas and oils.

[Yeehah]

55. Very nice!

Just an amazing piece of artwork. Stunning.

[SunSeeker]

56. Tan suit. Love it!

[DFW]

60. Bill Clinton was too busy to pose for his own portrait, so I had to do it

I think it turned out pretty well, under the circumstances, wouldn't you say?
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[Roland99]

61. They did a great job airbrushing out the beard

[DFW]

67. As I recall

He was pretty insistent on that detail............

[Roland99]

71. They shoulda kept it!

[SWBTATTReg]

72. I would say you did a pretty damn good job, I would say. NT

[keithbvadu2]

65. The horrible, bad, no good tan suit

The horrible, bad, no good tan suit.

[JudyM]

77. Only one of them is GQ material. And is he, ever!

[kskiska]

81. Engorged penguin.

[Roland99]

85. That pic on the far right. Exuding cool

Bond cool

[keithbvadu2]

68. Another tan suit

[stillcool]

74. the people's President.

[Lucinda]

75. That's funny!

[3catwoman3]

76. Does anyone else remember the brouhaha about this painting...

...when it first came out, regarding someone thinking that the creases/shadows at the left elbow had been subtly designed to look like an ape face?

I recall thinking that someone was trying REALLY hard to find fault with the painting.

[Cha]

78. Trump is unworthy to preside over a ceremony to hang President Obama's portrait in the WH.

Link to tweet

[Joinfortmill]

79. Beautiful job on his face... the rest, too casual. Needs more gravitas.

[3catwoman3]

80. Also, is not the portrait with the floral background already hanging...

...in the National Portrait Gallery, along with the one of Michelle in the long flowing dress (with the curiously gray skin and not nearly as gorgeous as Michelle herself)?

[MLAA]

83. I love him. I love Michelle.

[roamer65]

84. That's my president.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

86. So dignified. LOVE IT!

[keithbvadu2]

87. Tan suits Reagan, Bush, Obama

[Doreen]

91. The repukes are jealous that the tan suit looks good on Obama and not the other two.

[NYC Liberal]

93. It's a great portrait, but it's not official. It's by a Dutch painter and it went viral in 2017.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/remysmidt/the-audicity-of-nope-taupe

However, a spokesperson for the former president told BuzzFeed News that this is NOT Obama's official White House portrait.

The work is by a Dutch artist named Edwin van den Dikkenberg.

"I'm very pleased to hear that my portrait of Barack Obama appeared on Twitter!" he wrote in an email to BuzzFeed News. "I wish I had the opportunity to paint the official portrait but that's not the case."

The artist said he’s flattered that people thought his work, which is for sale, was the official presidential portrait.

“As an artist I am always hoping for something like this to happen! And as a professional portrait painter it would be a great honor to paint the president," he said.

[Steelrolled]

106. Glad to hear it

Because that portrait, while perhaps interesting, isn't White House grade.

[KBlagburn]

96. This is NOT the official White House Portrait!!

The image, an oil painting by Dutch artist Edwin van den Dikkenberg, is not Barack Obama's official White House portrait, a spokesperson for Obama told Mic.

"President Obama will have a portrait. The artist and image will be shared closer to the reveal. I don't have an update on when the portrait will be revealed," the spokesperson said.

Van den Dikkenberg, said in an interview he was "very pleased to hear that [his] portrait of Barack Obama appeared on Twitter. "I wish I had the opportunity to paint the official portrait, but that's not the case."

https://www.mic.com/articles/179687/no-this-is-not-barack-obamas-official-white-house-portrait

[ancianita]

102. But it will do until the official portrait is done. nt

[alterfurz]

104. the "official" Trump portrait

"The Nightmare" by Mark Bryan

[pink]

105. That is a magnificent portrait

It depicts everything.