{"id":2414436,"date":"2025-03-24T00:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-purposefully-distorted-portrait-of-himself-in-colorados-capitol-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T00:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:57:02","slug":"trump-bashes-purposefully-distorted-portrait-of-himself-in-colorados-capitol-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-purposefully-distorted-portrait-of-himself-in-colorados-capitol-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump bashes \u2018purposefully distorted\u2019 portrait of himself in Colorado\u2019s Capitol &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-bashes-purposefully-distorted-portrait-of-himself-in-colorados-capitol-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump bashes &lsquo;purposefully distorted&rsquo; portrait of himself in Colorado&rsquo;s Capitol<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2062155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> bashed a nearly six-year-old portrait of himself that is hanging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colorado<\/a>&rsquo;s State Capitol building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted the criticism on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Truth Social<\/a> account on Sunday evening, calling the artwork &ldquo;purposefully distorted.&rdquo; He called on Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3246707\/colorado-democrat-jared-polis-bashes-biden-hunter-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gov. Jared Polis<\/a> (D) to remove it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3356501\/trump-harris-cant-be-media-shy-if-she-runs-for-california-governor\/\">Trump says Harris can&#8217;t be media-shy if she runs for California governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3356494\/south-korean-court-overturns-impeachment-prime-minister-han\/\">South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister Han, reinstating him as acting president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356451\/disney-snow-white-falls-flat-weak-opening-weekend\/\">Disney&#8217;s Snow White falls flat with weak $43 million opening weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114214565824374410\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The painting has been hanging on the wall of Colorado&rsquo;s State Capitol building since August 2019, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/trump-complains-about-portrait-in-colorado-capitol\/73-7b8bcb8a-ce92-4922-a600-a4d7193d5e0a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. The portrait was the culmination of initiatives led and approved by Colorado Republicans during Trump&rsquo;s first term. State Sen. Kevin Grantham organized fundraising efforts to commission the painting and place it in the building. He raised $10,000 from a GoFundMe campaign, reported KUSA-TV,&nbsp;an NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed that people from the state have complained about the painting and that Polis should remove it. The president also called Colorado&rsquo;s governor &ldquo;weak on crime&rdquo; and referenced incidents in Aurora, Colorado, in which the Tren de Aragua gang &ldquo;took over&rdquo; apartment complexes in the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;In fact, they are actually angry about it! I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Don&rsquo;t worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared should be ashamed of himself!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2062155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062155\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump bashes \u2018purposefully distorted\u2019 portrait of himself in Colorado\u2019s Capitol President Donald Trump bashed a nearly six-year-old portrait of himself that is hanging in Colorado\u2019s State Capitol building.\u00a0 Trump posted the criticism on his Truth Social account on Sunday evening, calling the artwork \u201cpurposefully distorted.\u201d He called on Colorado Gov. 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