# Latest pro-Trump painting offers chance to fill in your commentary **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995 "2019-08-21T11:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/1 "2019-08-21T11:50:24Z")
Pro-Trump artist Jon McNaughton are so over-the-top worshipful that they’re immediately laugh-provoking to those not of his ideological bent. His latest, _The Masterpiece_ shows Trump about to draw back a curtain to reveal his Vision of America. Even if you weren’t opposed to Trump and what passes for his philosophy, the portentous painting would invite parody. But if you don’t like Trump, it’s a goldmione for photoshopping: > **[Twitter Users Mock Latest Trump Painting By Right-Wing Artist Jon McNaughton](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-mcnaughton-trump-artist_n_5d5c657be4b0f667ed69ed2d)** > > Casual art critics have really noticed the president's right thumb. More commentary: > **[What's Going On In This Donald Trump Fan Art?](https://jezebel.com/whats-going-on-in-this-donald-trump-fan-art-1837414248)** > > If you ever wondered what President Trump would look like if he moonlighted as a painter, look no further than this cursed fan art of President Trump as a painter. Jon McNaughton, MAGA artist extraordinaire, released a new painting depicting Trump as... > **[New Trump Painting 'The Masterpiece' Targeted By Memes](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-masterpiece-artist-jon-mcnaughton-paintings-crossing-swamp-obama-1455339)** > > Artist Jon McNaughton has painted portraits of President Donald Trump as a football player and motorcycle rider, but his latest, "The Masterpiece," presents the president as his own artist. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/2 "2019-08-21T12:08:52Z")
Seriously, Donald. You need all those colors to paint a swastika? All those colors on the palette and your vision of the nation is one color? I’m no art critic, I don’t know if McNaughton’s talent is good, bad, or indifferent. But Jesus, he needs to get deprogrammed. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/3 "2019-08-21T12:10:57Z")
I think it’s funny that whatever Van Gogh or Monet is under that curtain, that he’s pretending to paint, wasn’t even ripped off by him, someone else (the artist of this painting) painted it so it looked like he did it. If this is his way of calling his term a masterpiece, it sure makes it look like someone else did the work and he’s taking credit. And yes, that’s going to get photoshop/meme treatment quickly. It’s almost like it was designed in a way that the internet gets to decide what the painting is. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/4 "2019-08-21T12:11:14Z")
Bonus Fun – people at _Current Affairs_ comment on ten McNaughton Paintings: > **[Ten Paintings By Jon McNaughton Explained | Current Affairs](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/ten-paintings-by-jon-mcnaughton-explained)** > > \Our art critics dissect the work of a contemporary master… \ It’s like the MST3K version of the paintings! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/5 "2019-08-21T12:23:13Z")
Check out McNaughton’s Facebook page and read the comments on this painting. Seriously, 30% of the country needs to be deprogrammed. > [@](#): > > You, Jon, have done it again. Such magnificent detail, you have captured! > Our President Trump the prize of our country, will be remembered, as no other in history. Thank you for sharing your vision and appreciation for our leader. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/6 "2019-08-21T15:10:44Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Check out McNaughton’s Facebook page and read the comments on this painting. Seriously, 30% of the country needs to be deprogrammed. He’ll be remembered all right. Kind of like Londo from B5, only not as fondly. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/7 "2019-08-21T15:34:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Bonus Fun – people at _Current Affairs_ comment on ten McNaughton Paintings: > > [Ten Paintings By Jon McNaughton Explained | Current Affairs](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/ten-paintings-by-jon-mcnaughton-explained) > > It’s like the MST3K version of the paintings! > [@](#): > > It’s where Trump’s right thumb is placed that aroused at least one person’s attention. > \*\* > The Volatile Mermaid\*\* > Is… is that his… oh dear god no If I didn’t know how small his thumb is… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/8 "2019-08-21T15:45:23Z")
So, now that guy from Utah who painted this shit… [https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+obama+stepping+on+constitution&client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=cus&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=61B8cMrJnKTATM%253A%252CgJv6P-IOwTxYlM%252C\_&vet=1&usg=AI4\_-kRg7vvGE5wwsh1vhDVVvlQpl8cOyg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim7uLeppTkAhUHiqwKHdjkCIMQ9QEwB3oECAkQCQ#imgrc=3JI81WD4kNoRZM:&vet=1](https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+obama+stepping+on+constitution&client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=cus&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=61B8cMrJnKTATM%253A%252CgJv6P-IOwTxYlM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRg7vvGE5wwsh1vhDVVvlQpl8cOyg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim7uLeppTkAhUHiqwKHdjkCIMQ9QEwB3oECAkQCQ#imgrc=3JI81WD4kNoRZM:&vet=1) …has some competition. Gee. Swell. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/9 "2019-08-21T15:56:32Z")
_Pssst, **elucidator** … Same guy._ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/10 "2019-08-21T18:00:53Z")
Good! Thank you! I don’t know much about art, but I know that a love of Monet is the root of all evil! That’s Scripture! ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/11 "2019-08-21T18:22:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Good! Thank you! > > I don’t know much about art, but I know that a love of Monet is the root of all evil! That’s Scripture! I’d always heard that when you’re out of Monet, you’re baroque. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/12 "2019-08-21T21:37:07Z")
I remember this guy from previous Pit stops. He’s basically the Jack Chick of painting, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/13 "2019-08-22T00:58:05Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > He’ll be remembered all right. Remebered alT right? Nice if McNaughton could break out into other [subject](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+playing+tennis&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifg-jnn5XkAhVVPn0KHU2_DysQ_AUIESgB&biw=1002&bih=706) [matter](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=EuddXfrIDpX--gT3nofwCw&q=trump+in+golf+cart&oq=trump+in+golf+cart&gs_l=img.3..0j0i30.28368.32730..36142...3.0..0.69.840.15......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i24.0vZ4X5_hBFw&ved=0ahUKEwj6mfi4oZXkAhUVv54KHXfPAb4Q4dUDCAY&uact=5)…y’know, [expand horizons.](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=XeVdXbvwM8nS-gSdlrS4Ag&q=trump+compared+to+an+orangutan&oq=trump+compared+to+an+orangutan&gs_l=img.3...192556.201187..201592...0.0..0.147.1556.25j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i10.MiGNaVNolKk&ved=0ahUKEwj7ku3on5XkAhVJqZ4KHR0LDScQ4dUDCAY&uact=5) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/14 "2019-08-22T01:02:08Z")
In a church. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/15 "2019-08-22T01:28:45Z")
If Trump was painting his vision of America, he’d only have white paint on his palette. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/16 "2019-08-22T01:55:08Z")
[Four](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=WPNdXdDwFPW90PEPwYOX0AM&q=trump+baby+balloons&oq=trump+baby+balloons&gs_l=img.3..0j0i30j0i5i30j0i8i30l2j0i24l2.34844.37196..38600...0.0..0.84.769.13......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i10.JEHxd2nDS-Y&ved=0ahUKEwjQ_JqTrZXkAhX1HjQIHcHBBToQ4dUDCAY&uact=5)[more](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=qfJdXe-lLNjY-wS3_bGICw&q=trump+and+saudi+orb&oq=trump+and+saudi+orb&gs_l=img.3...98275.101457..101796...0.0..0.77.850.13......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39j0j0i5i30j0i24j0i30.ZRMQu1d6-j8&ved=0ahUKEwivnvm_rJXkAhVY7J4KHbd-DLEQ4dUDCAY&uact=5)[viable](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+throwing+paper+towels&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirjJW-rJXkAhUTO30KHbytCTsQ_AUIEigC&biw=1002&bih=706)[ideas.](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=EPNdXb_XJdfq-gSaybrYBQ&q=trump+naked&oq=trump+naked&gs_l=img.3...68985.69937..70717...0.0..0.133.367.4j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0.9RgsVGHR4B8&ved=0ahUKEwi_n4HxrJXkAhVXtZ4KHZqkDlsQ4dUDCAY&uact=5) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/17 "2019-08-22T11:52:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > [Four](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=WPNdXdDwFPW90PEPwYOX0AM&q=trump+baby+balloons&oq=trump+baby+balloons&gs_l=img.3..0j0i30j0i5i30j0i8i30l2j0i24l2.34844.37196..38600...0.0..0.84.769.13......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i10.JEHxd2nDS-Y&ved=0ahUKEwjQ_JqTrZXkAhX1HjQIHcHBBToQ4dUDCAY&uact=5)[more](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=qfJdXe-lLNjY-wS3_bGICw&q=trump+and+saudi+orb&oq=trump+and+saudi+orb&gs_l=img.3...98275.101457..101796...0.0..0.77.850.13......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39j0j0i5i30j0i24j0i30.ZRMQu1d6-j8&ved=0ahUKEwivnvm_rJXkAhVY7J4KHbd-DLEQ4dUDCAY&uact=5)[viable](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+throwing+paper+towels&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirjJW-rJXkAhUTO30KHbytCTsQ_AUIEigC&biw=1002&bih=706)[ideas.](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&biw=1002&bih=706&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=EPNdXb_XJdfq-gSaybrYBQ&q=trump+naked&oq=trump+naked&gs_l=img.3...68985.69937..70717...0.0..0.133.367.4j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0.9RgsVGHR4B8&ved=0ahUKEwi_n4HxrJXkAhVXtZ4KHZqkDlsQ4dUDCAY&uact=5) You should warn people before ypu post anything like that fourth item. Something like [WARNING: Contains NUDE DONALD TRUMP STATUE] Now I’ll never be able to buy enough brain bleach. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/18 "2019-08-22T13:04:10Z")
Noted. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/19 "2019-08-22T17:06:36Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > He’ll be remembered all right. Kind of like Londo from B5, only not as fondly. Nah, Lando actually wanted what he felt was best for his people (he just made an ill fated deal with the devil to get it.) Trump is much more in the Emperor Cartagia mold. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995/20 "2019-08-22T18:36:25Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Nah, Lando actually wanted what he felt was best for his people (he just made an ill fated deal with the devil to get it.) Trump is much more in the Emperor Cartagia mold. You’re confusing Londo of Babylon 5 with Lando of Star Wars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-pro-trump-painting-offers-chance-to-fill-in-your-commentary/838995.md?page=2)