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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dave Schilling

Trump is offended by a painting of himself. For once, I get where he’s coming from

portrait of Donald Trump with a smooth, cherub-like face hanging on a wall
‘Squint, and he resembles Henry VIII after a shave. You’d think he’d be flattered by that association.’ Photograph: Helen H Richardson/AP

While his friends are getting messy in the group chat, Donald Trump simply has more important things on his mind. Namely, himself. The United States’ war plans are being divulged to journalists like gossip on a second-rate Real Housewives spinoff, but the focus of the American president is squarely on a painting of himself that he doesn’t care for. Trump posted on Truth Social, his personal squawk box for various grievances, that he takes umbrage with a depiction of his face in the Colorado state capitol.

The painting depicts Trump as full-faced, cherubic and without wrinkles. He almost looks younger, like a large baby in a suit. A boss baby, if you will. You might assume that at 78, Trump would jump at the chance to shave a few years off his face, but sadly, it seems he’d prefer to look like he was lit by the director of photography from Nosferatu.

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