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Trump removed portraits of Clinton and GW Bush from WH Grand Foyer (Original Post) CatWoman Jul 2020 OP
Replaced them with portraits of William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt CatWoman Jul 2020 #1
why them???? bdamomma Jul 2020 #8
Who knows what demented maggots infesting his brain told him to do this CatWoman Jul 2020 #9
Well Roosevelt was one of the great US presidents Poiuyt Jul 2020 #25
Maybe he's pulling a Nixon and just wants more friendly portraits to talk to... nt crickets Jul 2020 #27
Yep, he can't stand the way they talk back to him! Fozzledick Jul 2020 #28
If it was Pence who suggested the portraits of a martyred POTUS and his successor... Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 #32
he probably replaced them with more pictures of him spanone Jul 2020 #37
His pettiness, jealousy and envy know no bounds Siwsan Jul 2020 #2
Jealous Treasonous trump&BEANS Cha Jul 2020 #3
He is a sick bdamomma Jul 2020 #4
Really? Can he do that? smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #5
Obama's Portrait BGBD Jul 2020 #16
Oh, that's good. Hopefully Trump will be long gone by then. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #23
we will bdamomma Jul 2020 #33
There was controversy about this a couple of months ago: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #39
Put them in the old family dinningroom which now stores furniture and tablecloths. nt applegrove Jul 2020 #6
The bigger he tries to make himself the PUNYIEST he makes himself!1 UTUSN Jul 2020 #7
Shame on CNN for pursuing such an unimportant story amidst a pandemic with massive unemployment. LonePirate Jul 2020 #10
yeah CatWoman Jul 2020 #12
Seriously? First, they talk pandemic 23 1/2 7. nolabear Jul 2020 #13
I just tweeted them at him and will continue to do so as often as I can. chowder66 Jul 2020 #11
I did likewise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #21
: ) chowder66 Jul 2020 #26
Some twisted thinking going on there. badhair77 Jul 2020 #14
Put it BGBD Jul 2020 #20
Put Chump's portrait down in the WH stables with Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #29
I doubt neither Obama or Clinton want their portraits in the Trump Whitehouse, anyways. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #15
Well I doubt very much the dead presidents would like him thinkingagain Jul 2020 #17
Where does the Trump portrait go? The public should have a say. tulipsandroses Jul 2020 #18
There should never be a Trump portrait in the White House. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #24
See #29 above. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #30
He is such a petty little man Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #19
Trump is nuts. Is that all he has to do? Stuart G Jul 2020 #22
The remaining portraits react to the Treasonous Traitor & BEANS. Cha Jul 2020 #31
love it bdamomma Jul 2020 #34
As much as Psycho Sociopaths can be, bdamomma. Cha Jul 2020 #36
Actually, removing the portrait of Bill Clinton was meant as a slight at me, not Bill Clinton DFW Jul 2020 #35
i'm bdamomma Jul 2020 #38

bdamomma

(63,903 posts)
8. why them????
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:45 PM
Jul 2020

did Miller/Putin tell him to do that? Maybe he is hallucinating thinking that Clinton and Bush are laughing at him.

Poiuyt

(18,129 posts)
25. Well Roosevelt was one of the great US presidents
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:43 PM
Jul 2020

McKinley was sort of average I guess. Though I think this move was all about removing trump's near predecessors.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
32. If it was Pence who suggested the portraits of a martyred POTUS and his successor...
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 07:31 AM
Jul 2020

...then Trump better sleep with one eye open.

Pence: "Sir, Buffalo loves you! I've taken the liberty of scheduling a rally for Sept 6 with a meet-and-greet afterwards at the Temple of Musi... er, scratch that last part. Just me thinking out loud again."

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Really? Can he do that?
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:43 PM
Jul 2020

What about Obama? What a sad, petty little man.

I hope that in the future, every likeness of him is erased so that posterity does not have to suffer the pain and embarrasment that we had to go through.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
23. Oh, that's good. Hopefully Trump will be long gone by then.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:15 PM
Jul 2020

If not, we know what is going to happen to that portrait as well. He will shred it.

He's still a sad, weak, jealous, pathetic little man.

bdamomma

(63,903 posts)
33. we will
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jul 2020

erase him, just how he erased Americans to COVID due to his sick mental state. Time is ticking away and he is causing many Americans to die. Just hate him and it doesn't bother me to say it either. His niece was correct with her assessment of him.

smirkymonkey

Rhiannon12866

(205,664 posts)
39. There was controversy about this a couple of months ago:
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 04:45 AM
Jul 2020

For the first time, the sitting president did not invite the previous president back to the White House for a ceremony revealing the official portrait:

In a Sign of a Divided America, President Trump Will Not Unveil Barack Obama’s New Portrait in the White House Anytime Soon
For the first time in decades, the former and sitting presidents will not meet for the debut of the official artwork.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213469577

LonePirate

(13,427 posts)
10. Shame on CNN for pursuing such an unimportant story amidst a pandemic with massive unemployment.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jul 2020

We have 30-40 million people unemployed not to mention 140,000+ dead Americans due to a pandemic with no end in sight and CNN is focusing on this issue which is of zero importance to the lives of Americans. Yes, shame on 45 for doing this; but I am going to reserve the bulk of my scorn for CNN for pushing this garbage story as if it impacts the lives on Americans.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
13. Seriously? First, they talk pandemic 23 1/2 7.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:50 PM
Jul 2020

Second, anything that contributes to 45’s disgrace is obliquely helpful.

Third, I can use a simple eye roll now and then.

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
14. Some twisted thinking going on there.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:51 PM
Jul 2020

Where will the trump portrait end up eventually? And what future president wants to host that presentation fiasco. Life will go on when he is gone. And he will go away.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
20. Put it
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:57 PM
Jul 2020

in whatever place that would make him as mad as possible and don't have a ceremony for it.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,528 posts)
15. I doubt neither Obama or Clinton want their portraits in the Trump Whitehouse, anyways.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:52 PM
Jul 2020

Just another data-point in Trump's emotional immaturity....validating Mary Trump's professional obsevations.

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
17. Well I doubt very much the dead presidents would like him
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:55 PM
Jul 2020

Any more than the ones alive currently.
Pretty sure they all would call him a pierce of crap.

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
18. Where does the Trump portrait go? The public should have a say.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:55 PM
Jul 2020

Is there a basement or attic in the Whitehouse?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. There should never be a Trump portrait in the White House.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jul 2020

He has defiled that building enough. Every likeness of him should be burned or destroyed the minute he is removed from office. There should be nothing for any of his cult members to worship or revere. He is a traitor to this nation and should be treated as one.

DFW

(54,415 posts)
35. Actually, removing the portrait of Bill Clinton was meant as a slight at me, not Bill Clinton
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:26 AM
Jul 2020

Trump doesn't even know who Bill Clinton is. He is dimly aware that Hillary is married to "somebody," but that's about as far as his knowledge extends. He knows that I was the real model for the White House portrait of Bill Clinton, who had a day job in those days, namely President, and didn't have the time to pose. The painter just painted on Bill Clinton's head shot after the rest was done. I submit proof from the White House before Trump got his dirty paws on the place:



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