Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One

[CatWoman]

After Donald Trump’s planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines was canceled in November 2018, the U.S. leader had some extra time on his hands in a mansion filled with artwork. The next day, he went art shopping -- or the presidential equivalent.

Trump fancied several of the pieces in the U.S. ambassador’s historic residence in Paris, where he was staying, and on a whim had them removed and loaded onto Air Force One, according to people familiar with the matter. The works -- a portrait, a bust, and a set of silver figurines -- were brought back to the White House.

The decision to cancel Trump’s visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris is under new scrutiny after the Atlantic magazine on Thursday published a bombshell report that Trump belittled the American servicemen buried there, part of a broader history of disparaging certain people who’ve served in the military. Trump has vehemently denied making the comments about “suckers” and “losers” in the armed forces.

Never previously reported is Trump’s spur-of-the-moment art caper before leaving the ambassador’s residence.

The incident was met with a mixture of amusement and astonishment at the time, but caused headaches for White House and State Department staffers, according to several people familiar with the episode who asked not to be identified due to its sensitivity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-06/trump-ended-2018-france-trip-having-art-loaded-on-air-force-one?sref=yYYRek8e&fbclid=IwAR08nh23KUl0-zAOW7Mm5is5s1ZWK86G0MQTl_MA1vwt0BRqBhRUojGK_5k

[underpants]

1. Taking "art"

How perfectly Nazi of him.

Of course it’s shiny cheap imitation knock off shiny crap. Of course it is.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Gerbboels was know for that crap.

Even Commissioned a Special Train just for that purpose.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Except that Goebbels stole the good stuff.

Fat Nixon stole worthless knockoffs because they were shiny and he didn't know any better.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. True.

Donnie the Kleppto! Always wondered how much of the antiquities that are in the White House Storage have now been relocated to his POS Golf Clubs.

[Retrograde]

15. Wasn't that Goering?

It does get hard to keep them straight sometimes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. You're right.

The guys behind most of the art theft, besides Hitler himself, were mainly Göring and Von Ribbentropp.

[dawg day]

2. Someone pointed out that Ivanka (trying to pretend Trump can love)

said he kept a lego sculpture by one of her kids on that mantel. (No Legos there.)

Ha, ha. She had to LIE to make him seem less abnormal.

[NCjack]

4. Wow. #45 found some art that he liked and the subject was

not himself. Probably sent a couple paintings of himself as replacements.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It was cheap and shiny. That's enough for him.

[NCjack]

8. Maybe it was good enough to cause him to return the art he took

from his hotel room.

[IcyPeas]

5. he think the ambassador's residence belongs to HIM

he really thinks he is king

[Adsos Letter]

10. He's channeling Goering.

[yellowcanine]

11. Nazis always loot art.

[LSparkle]

12. Talk about stealing the silver

Cheap klepto! Better do an inventory of all the WH collectibles before he’s evicted in Jan 2021!

[rurallib]

13. Commander and thief

[Retrograde]

14. When I visit museums

I often think about how some of the paintings and objects would look in my house. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I live in a small bungalow so most pieces just won't fit (sometimes literally). So my favorite piece at the Art Institute of Chicago is safe

About the Orange One: I hope the permanent staff at the White House has a complete inventory of what belongs to us, the people, and goes over it the morning of January 20.