That Portrait of Trump

The 47th president, in high dudgeon over his portrait, is in the best of company, starting with Churchill.

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A portrait of President Trump at the Colorado Capitol, Denver, March 24, 2025. Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via AP

President Trump’s umbrage at the portrait of himself hanging at the Colorado Capitol may be a choice, but it is hardly novel in the annals of leaders disappointed in their representations. The 47th president turned art critic reckoned that the painter, Sarah Boardman, had “purposefully distorted” his image, which hung alongside other presidents at Denver. The Republicans will seek a new work that captures Mr. Trump’s “contemporary likeness.”

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