'Insecure baby': Trump draws ridicule after throwing fit over Colorado capitol portrait

[Eugene]

Earlier DU threads:
• Donald Trump really doesn't like this portrait of him - so someone replaced it with Putin
• trump demand removal of "distorted" potrait in Colorado Capitol

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Source: The Guardian

‘Insecure baby’: Trump draws ridicule after throwing fit over Colorado capitol portrait

Even some Republicans have called president’s public demand to remove the painting ‘petty’

José Olivares
Mon 24 Mar 2025 14.35 GMT
Last modified on Mon 24 Mar 2025 15.10 GMT

Donald Trump critics aimed ridicule at the president after he publicly demanded the removal of his portrait at Colorado’s state capitol building, calling it “truly the worst”.

In a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump shared an image of the portrait and complained about the painting, saying it was bad and blaming it on Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis – whom the president insulted as being “radically left”.

A Republican admirer of Trump actually commissioned the portrait.

In two follow-up posts, Trump shared separate images of himself in an apparent attempt to distribute photos that he considered more flattering.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/trump-colorado-portrait-painting

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/insecure-baby-trump-draws-ridicule-143507204.html

[Attilatheblond]

1. His perpetual state is 'pissed off' so his daily exercise is to find some excuse to explain his petty fury every day

Medication and inpatient care desperately needed.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Distorted ugly pictures of Trump should appear everywhere.

Won't be hard. All of his pictures are ugly.

[The Roux Comes First]

3. I Suspect Most of Us Consider That an Overly-flattering Portrait!

It hides a number of his most embarrassing characteristics, which in an earlier era could have led to him playing a fourth "Stooge."

[yardwork]

4. I think I see what he doesn't like about it.

The painting is actually fairly flattering. The artist smoothed out his features and he's not orange. However, he looks a little feminine in the portrait. It's not the hyper-masculine fantasy images of himself that he prefers. This portrait makes him look soft.

[DinahMoeHum]

5. "Dark Brandon"'s take on this. . .

[struggle4progress]

6. I'd say that's a pretty good portrait of Donald McRonald

[dweller]

7. I think we need to use this guy's portraits for Krasnov

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