{"id":2414699,"date":"2025-03-24T16:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-purposefully-distorted-presidential-portrait-hanging-in-colorados-dem-controlled-capitol\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:09:28","slug":"trump-blasts-purposefully-distorted-presidential-portrait-hanging-in-colorados-dem-controlled-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-purposefully-distorted-presidential-portrait-hanging-in-colorados-dem-controlled-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blasts &#8216;Purposefully Distorted&#8217; Presidential Portrait Hanging in Colorado&#8217;s Dem-Controlled Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-blasts-purposefully-distorted-presidential-portrait-hanging-in-colorados-dem-controlled-capitol%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=2414699&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>Former President Donald Trump has expressed significant anger towards Colorado&#8217;s governor Jared Polis regarding the portrayal of his portrait in the Colorado State Capitol. Trump criticized the artwork, claiming it was distortive and worse than any other depiction of himself he has encountered. He stated, \u201cI would much prefer not having a picture than having this one,\u201d suggesting that many Colorado residents shared his sentiments about the portrait. Trump also took the opportunity to admonish Governor Polis for his governance, particularly concerning public safety issues. Though, it&#8217;s critically important to note that the portrait was funded and placed by Colorado Republicans back in 2018, before Polis assumed office. This detail highlights a misattribution of blame by Trump regarding the portrait&#8217;s approval and its depiction.  <\/p>\n<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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is furious with Colorado&rsquo;s &ldquo;Radical Left Governor&rdquo; &mdash; and it&rsquo;s all got to do with how the president is being presented in the Centennial State&rsquo;s Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-demands-full-throated-apology-governor-vow-never-challenge-trump-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> took to his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114214565824374410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> platform<\/a> to lambaste a portrait of himself that is hanging in Colorado&rsquo;s State Capitol Building, and he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t mince words about how he felt about the visage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody likes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sex-and-the-city-star-kristin-davis-rages-at-media-fk-you-people\/\" title=\"&#039;Sex and the City&#039; Star Kristin Davis Rages at Media: &#039;F**k You People&#039;\">bad picture<\/a> 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 began.<\/p>\n<p>The portrait, for those curious, looks like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald Trump reacts to his portrait in Colorado&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republicans-meet-at-state-capitol-in-wisconsin-vote-for-gop-slate-of-electors\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ... Meet at State Capitol in Wisconsin \u2013 Vote for GOP Slate of Electors\">state capitol<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hpzMdRhQoE\">pic.twitter.com\/hpzMdRhQoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1903994967250321541?\">March 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump wasn&rsquo;t done ripping into his peculiar portrait compared to others &mdash; nor was he done with Colorado Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrat-gov-nominee-jared-polis-pushed-female-employee-police-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Polis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst,&rdquo; Trump continued. &ldquo;She must have lost her talent as she got older.<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In fact, they are actually angry about it!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/armed-tren-de-aragua-thugs-mobbing-border-checkpoints-force-way-inauguration-day-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tren de Aragua<\/a>, which practically took over Aurora (Don&rsquo;t worry, we saved it!), to take it down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jared should be ashamed of himself!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, in total fairness to Polis, it does appear that at least some of Trump&rsquo;s ire is misplaced, with regards to the portrait.<\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by KMGH-TV&rsquo;s Brandon Richard, the portrait in question appears to have been both paid for and placed by Colorado&rsquo;s Republicans in 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gov. Polis had nothing to do with Trump&rsquo;s portrait, much less how it looks. Before Polis was even elected, the Colorado Senate Republicans raised $10,000 to pay for Trump&rsquo;s portrait.<\/p>\n<p>2018 story for background: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOGFGDGs6R\">https:\/\/t.co\/VOGFGDGs6R<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/copolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#copolitics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Richard (@BrandonLRichard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonLRichard\/status\/1904018768524640353?\">March 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gov. Polis had nothing to do with Trump&rsquo;s portrait, much less how it looks,&rdquo; Richard posted to X on Monday. &ldquo;Before Polis was even elected, the Colorado Senate Republicans raised $10,000 to pay for Trump&rsquo;s portrait.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Trump may still be in the right to be annoyed at the circumstances surrounding the portrait in question.<\/p>\n<p>KMGH also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/politics\/after-putin-prank-president-trump-portrait-to-adorn-colorado-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in 2018 that Colorado Senate Republicans raised the money for this portrait after a prankster put a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin where Trump&rsquo;s portrait was supposed to be.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He expressed his displeasure on social media, criticizing the image as being intentionally distorted. Trump stated, &#8220;Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves,&#8221; and claimed that this particular one was among the worst he had ever seen. He also compared it unfavorably to a portrait of President Obama, suggesting that the artist&#8217;s skills had diminished over time. Despite his complaints, it appears that Trump&#8217;s anger may be misdirected; reports indicate that Colorado Republicans funded and commissioned the portrait back in 2018, before Governor Jared Polis took office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2414700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump-19.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4172,6024,32171,48629,3634],"class_list":["post-2414699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capitol","tag-colorado","tag-political-commentary","tag-presidential-portrait","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump-19.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414703,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414699\/revisions\/2414703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}