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Eugene

(67,218 posts)
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:33 PM Mar 2025

'Insecure baby': Trump draws ridicule after throwing fit over Colorado capitol portrait [View all]

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

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