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All the president's men: what to make of Trump's bizarre new painting
The Manchester Guardian ^ | October 15, 2017 | Hannah Jane Parkinson

Posted on 10/18/2018 6:33:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The artwork hanging in the White House depicts the US president drinking with his Republican predecessors

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, unless it’s a shredded Banksy, obviously, which is worth around £1m. But how to put a value on the majestic artwork Donald Trump was revealed to have gracing the wall outside the Oval Office, as eagle-eyed viewers of 60 Minutes spotted?

So far, we know of two other “artworks” that Trump has: that Photoshopped picture of his inauguration crowd (dude, let it go), and the electoral college map. It is no wonder Trump wanted to spruce the place up in his own way, given that he referred to the White House as “a dump”. I still cackle at this, given its sheer, disparaging rudeness – like how when Location, Location, Location’s Phil shows a couple around a three-bedroom semi with a north-facing garden, Kirstie mugs to the camera and draws an imaginary knife across her throat....

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020election; art; brexit; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; hannahjaneparkinson; jonmcnaughton; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; republicans; smearmachine; theresamay; trump; unitedkingdom; utah
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To: drpix

That one’s actually amusing in a subtle way. All eyes are on Andrew Jackson, of all people. If there’s one Democrat that Democrats hate, it’s him. Running a close second would be Lyndon Johnson, and look who’s gazing raptly at him with big goofy grins.


41 posted on 10/18/2018 7:15:42 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: drpix
With the painting of the former democrats it is missing several key components.

Obama is missing a Bong in his hand, Bill Clinton should be having his cigar at his lips puffing smoke, and Kennedy is missing Marlin Monroe leaning on his right shoulder.

42 posted on 10/18/2018 7:15:48 AM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The idiot author of this article had not one good thing to say about each president in the painting. When I looked at it, I easily recognized every single one of them. I think they are very well done.


43 posted on 10/18/2018 7:15:50 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Leaning Right
Reminds me of old episodes of Lost in Space where Dr Smith is turned into a plant...


44 posted on 10/18/2018 7:16:53 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
They act as if this has never been done before.


45 posted on 10/18/2018 7:17:52 AM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: drpix

Washington’s portrait doesn’t belong there. He did not belong to a party. I would think LBJ and JFK in the same room would be uncomfortable as most experts think Johnson had him killed.


46 posted on 10/18/2018 7:20:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left

Just like his supposed legacy!


47 posted on 10/18/2018 7:21:11 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Guardian is beyond wackjob.
Not even worth worrying about.


48 posted on 10/18/2018 7:21:22 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Pretty much the most influential, highest circulation newspaper on Earth. Plenty to worry about.


49 posted on 10/18/2018 7:23:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey! That is great work! Seriously, it is fabulous. ... And it is driving the left ever further over the edge, taking the Democrats off their lying message. That makes it brilliant, too!


50 posted on 10/18/2018 7:23:54 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And... from right to left in the background, starting with Coolidge it is

Harding, Hoover, Taft, Garfield(or Hayes), Hayes(or Garfield) Chester Arthur, perhaps Andrew Johnson, and... Grant.

This is tableau like the last scene in “Titanic” the “shades in the background—ghosts”.


51 posted on 10/18/2018 7:23:58 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Leaning Right

Now, here’s a silly painting. it’s Obama’s official portrait (really). It looks like he’s being slowly attacked by foliage. ..................................... Gotta admit, he looks sweet. I’m sure it would impress those who saw him as being a great world leader. Mean while enemies were shuttering in their bunkers ROTFLTAO.


52 posted on 10/18/2018 7:27:41 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is a reason art critics don’t own any art that most people love. If a painting is a forrest, most people know, see and appreciate the beauty of the forrest, but the art critic is too busy dissecting the trees to notice the forrest.


53 posted on 10/18/2018 7:28:59 AM PDT by Wuli (u)
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To: al_c

Huh.

In the middle painting in Post #45, of Democrats, the artist has the same obscure woman in the background, in the same outfit, striding towards the table as in the Republican painting.

The artist seems to have a limited number of templates.

Don’t get me wrong; I still think the portaits are good.


54 posted on 10/18/2018 7:29:21 AM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: BlueLancer

Grant at Cold harbor, I did a pencil sketch of that years ago. A good man, but he put his trust in bad people.


55 posted on 10/18/2018 7:30:07 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: elcid1970
The others have wine or cocktails, but PDJT has a glass of Diet Coke.

Looks like Dubya has a soft drink too. I don't believe he partook in alcohol either.

56 posted on 10/18/2018 7:30:49 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: V K Lee
I always liked this one too:


57 posted on 10/18/2018 7:32:07 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: drpix
You can bet your last buck that the FAKE media never found this previous painting of past presidents to be "bizarre."

Was that hanging in the White House, too?

58 posted on 10/18/2018 7:32:58 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Yo-Yo

What’s Lincoln drinking?


59 posted on 10/18/2018 7:34:54 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein
What’s Lincoln drinking?

Blood?

60 posted on 10/18/2018 7:35:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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