President Donald Trump is whining about a portrait of him hanging in the state capitol building in Colorado which presents, in this writer's opinion, a more realistic picture of the man, sans orange makeup.
As Farron Cousins explains, the artist did her best to render Trump without the earmarks of old age, such as wrinkles. Which is why the Vicar of Vanity has a problem......
As usual, Trump is lying about "many people in Colorado" complaining about the portrait. Allow me a moment to quote from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, New King James version, chapter 1, verse 2.
"Vanity of vanities", says the Preacher, "all is vanity."
To that point, it has been reported that the portrait, which Trump has claimed is "distorted", will be taken down and, presumably, replaced, largely to appease his ego. Here's the picture in question:
Distorted? Excuse me, but I don't think so.
If I'd venture a guess, I'd say that Trump didn't sit for the portrait, but, rather, the artist used available photos to create the picture. Seems Trump ain't happy unless he's photographed with the orange bronzer makeup that has become a trademark of his. The natural fleshtones make more sense in a portrait, anyway.
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