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Trump Gets New Portrait In Colorado Capitol And People Have Some Thoughts

The much-maligned Colorado State Capitol portrait of Donald Trump has been replaced.

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Back in March, Donald Trump got angry about a portrait of himself in the Colorado State Capitol, along with all the other presidents, which he called “Purposefully Distorted.” He blamed the Democratic governor, Jared Polis, for the portrait, even though it had been up for six years by that point, and Polis had nothing to do with its placement. There had even been a separate local controversy, years earlier, when no one had wanted to donate to the portrait effort.

“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before,” Trump complained on Truth Social in March. The woman who painted it, Sarah Boardman, who had gone to great lengths to be apolitical in her work, said in an interview that the controversy had threatened her career.

After Trump complained, the portrait was removed.

Per HuffPost, the replacement portrait has now arrived in the Colorado Capitol. And social media users have a lot of thoughts about how it looks.

It appears one person really likes the new one: Colorado Congresswoman and Trump loyalist Lauren Boebert:

And Trump itself, it appears, approves of the portrait as well, as he took time out of his busy schedule of whipping votes for his major legislative package to praise it on Truth Social Wednesday:

Photo courtesy of the Political Tribune media library. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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