Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One
Source: Bloomberg
After Donald Trumps planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines was canceled in November 2018, the U.S. leader had some extra time on his hands in a mansion filled with artwork. The next day, he went art shopping -- or the presidential equivalent.
Trump fancied several of the pieces in the U.S. ambassadors historic residence in Paris, where he was staying, and on a whim had them removed and loaded onto Air Force One, according to people familiar with the matter. The works -- a portrait, a bust, and a set of silver figurines -- were brought back to the White House.
The decision to cancel Trumps visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris is under new scrutiny after the Atlantic magazine on Thursday published a bombshell report that Trump belittled the American servicemen buried there, part of a broader history of disparaging certain people whove served in the military. Trump has vehemently denied making the comments about suckers and losers in the armed forces.
Never previously reported is Trumps spur-of-the-moment art caper before leaving the ambassadors residence.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-06/trump-ended-2018-france-trip-having-art-loaded-on-air-force-one
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Autumn
(45,120 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)2naSalit
(86,765 posts)Those thieves need to be frisked before they leave the WH.
Be sure to count the spoons.
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)They are looters in the first degree.
Welcome to DU!
Illumination
(2,458 posts)CBHagman
(16,987 posts)...when Donald Trump is dislodged from the White House.
rumleyfips
(27 posts)Sounds like the loot was all fake. Please let me introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)At least he paid for them... this time
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)gab13by13
(21,385 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,758 posts)PatSeg
(47,567 posts)Clearly you can't buy class or manners.
eppur_se_muova
(36,281 posts)4-5 months, tops.
That's assuming they thoroughly search 45's luggage -- and pockets -- on his way out of the People's House.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)Trump want!
Cha
(297,528 posts)but he would scoop up art pieces from France.
I thought "presidents" were suppose to accept gifts like this?
JohnnyRingo
(18,640 posts)The White House will look like they had a rummage sale by the time we get him out.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)....would reject the original?
Maybe Vladdy Daddy was able to sneak listening devices into the White House with help from his handy tool Donald J. Trump?
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Thanks to Trump, the White House is no longer a secure area...and I suspect the Pentagon isnt either. NSA has a good SCIF, and theyd let the Administration work in one of their Class I conference rooms.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Load that rail car up.
appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)Thu May 30, 2019: Died, 44 years ago today: Michael Simon; "Papa Boule" in "The Train"
I stumbled across this by accident. The Train has been on TV twice already this week.
Simon in the trailer for The Train (1964)
Born: François Joseph Simon, 9 April 1895, Geneva, Switzerland
Died: 30 May 1975 (aged 80), Bry-sur-Marne, France
Michel Simon (French: [simɔ̃]; 9 April 1895 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in the notable films La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964). The actor François Simon is his son.
The Train is a 1964 American war film directed by John Frankenheimer.[1] Its screenplaywritten by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernsteinis loosely based on the non-fiction book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by the Germans from museums and private art collections. Arthur Penn was The Train's original director, but was replaced by Frankenheimer three days after filming had begun.
The film stars Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau. Set in August 1944, it sets French Resistance-member Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against German Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is attempting to move stolen art masterpieces by train to Germany. Inspiration for the scenes of the train's interception came from the real-life events surrounding train No. 40,044 as it was seized and examined by Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg of the Free French forces outside Paris.
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Production
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During an interview with the History Channel, Frankenheimer revealed:
The marshalling yard attacked during the Allied bombing raid sequence was demolished by special arrangement with the French railway, which had been looking to do it but had lacked funding.
The sequence in which Labiche is shot and wounded by German soldiers while fleeing across a pedestrian bridge was necessitated by a knee injury Lancaster suffered during filming - he stepped in a hole while playing golf, spraining his knee so severely that he could not walk without limping.
When told that Michel Simon would be unable to complete scenes scripted for his character as a result of prior contractual obligations, Frankenheimer devised the sequence wherein Papa Boule is executed by the Germans. Jacques Marin's character was killed for similar reasons.
Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is told, at the scene of the last major train wreck, by Major Herren (Wolfgang Preiss), "This is a hell of a mess you've got here, Colonel." This line became a metaphor for complicating disasters on Frankenheimer films thereafter.
Colonel von Waldheim was originally to engage Labiche in a shootout at the film's climax, but after Paul Scofield was cast in the role, at Lancaster's suggestion Frankenheimer re-wrote the scene to provide Scofield a more suitable endtaunting Labiche into killing him.
Frankenheimer remarked on the DVD commentary, "Incidentally, I think this is the last big action picture ever made in black and white, and personally I am so grateful that it is in black and white. I think the black and white adds tremendously to the movie."
Throughout the film, Frankenheimer often juxtaposed the value of art with the value of human life. A brief montage ends the film, intercutting the crates full of paintings with the bloodied bodies of the hostages, before a final shot shows Labiche walking away.
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left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)In an Antiques Roadshow moment,
(London-based art dealer Patricia) Wengraf described the figurines as 20th century fakes of wannabe 17th century sculptures, and of little value.
(from the linked article)
Botany
(70,567 posts)Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)Trump demonstrated his connections with the Fuhrer and brought some stolen French art back to the Fatherland.
llmart
(15,551 posts)this comes out. He will no doubt be taking whatever he can when he's booted out of our House.
Botany
(70,567 posts)n/t
llmart
(15,551 posts)He's got a long history of crime so anything's possible. Plus, he always gets others to do the dirty deeds for him while he profits.
jaxexpat
(6,844 posts)llmart
(15,551 posts)the person who would have to strip search that hot mess!
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Check before Trump leaves.
Keep an eye on the items taken from France. Were they even inventoried in at the WH?
Trump and his family would steal anything and everything they could.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)They aren't exactly animal-friendly people.
Though it would be memorable to see Trump and family hustled out at gunpoint by keepers of "law and order". That would be almost too funny.
Botany
(70,567 posts)... his dogs would take care of business.
The one in this picture might be too old but he has a younger one.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)My mini-dachshund would gladly take an ankle out and is very protective of me.
Still, wouldn't trust a Trump around an animal.
Botany
(70,567 posts)n/t
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Which is a good thing. I haven't seen their newest, younger pup, yet.
shanti
(21,675 posts)black and silver.
mudstump
(342 posts)smb
(3,474 posts)Aristus
(66,445 posts)Do we need to reactivate the Monuments Men?
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)Leave it to Trump to want the work of some grifter.
Botany
(70,567 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Portrait of the family jewels
Self fellatio
Get a load of this package!
Come hither ladies
What? Its the way I always look
Eat your hearts out gents
The secret to my success
Gods favorite
Rum commercial
Reaching for his gun
Waldo51
(5 posts)he's more of an Elvis on black velvet with Louis XIV frame in gold leaf kinda guy
marble falls
(57,158 posts)LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)JustGene
(421 posts)Sorry to all dogs, but tacky "art"
is not your fault.
Real Waldo?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I never heard of such a thing!
AleksS
(1,665 posts)Inventory of the White House and all other embassies, etc. I would not be surprised if the Trump crime familys been looting them since day one.
RicROC
(1,204 posts)For years I've described Republicans as being 'white trash wearing $1000 suits'
mudstump
(342 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Its a federal crime he CAN be charges with when he's done, and he should be reminded what the consequences will be if he attempts to do that so he can't claim he didn't know.
dawn5651
(604 posts)Hotler
(11,443 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,114 posts)Historic NY
(37,452 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)A real scumbag!!!
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)That fits.
connecticut yankee
(1,728 posts)they'll ever see Paris again.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)Douchebag
uppityperson
(115,678 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Trump reportedly took home $750,000 worth of art from the home of the US ambassador to France in 2018 after canceling a World War I cemetery visit
Sinéad Baker 7 minutes ago
President Donald Trump took home $750,000 worth of art from the home of the US ambassador to France during the 2018 visit where he canceled a journey to visit American World War I dead, according to a new Bloomberg report.
According to the outlet, the transfer caused tension between officials, but was deemed legal because the pieces are US property.
But, after being displayed in the White House, they were discovered to be fakes and replicas.
Bloomberg reported that Trump had extra time to spend in the Paris residence after canceling a visit to a cemetery for American soldiers killed during World War I, and found some pieces of art that he liked inside.
More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-took-art-us-ambassador-france-home-canceling-wwi-event-2020-9
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)nykym
(3,063 posts)remain after the the small fingered vulgarian is gone.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)None of this old stuff!