# Now that the Obamas finally have had their portraits unveiled, who should paint Trump's? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215 "2022-09-08T12:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/21 "2022-09-08T14:19:31Z")
I was thinking that Wesley Morse would do. He drew the original ‘Bazooka Joe’ comics. > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Can’t we find a chimpanzee to smear some feces on a canvas? No, that’s his attorney team of Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani! ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/22 "2022-09-08T14:26:16Z")
Ralph Steadman Aubrey Beardsley Picasso Charles Shultz ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/23 "2022-09-08T14:28:36Z")
Sadly, “Skin Suffocation” is not a real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/24 "2022-09-08T14:33:43Z")
A child with a crayon would be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/25 "2022-09-08T14:36:21Z")
I’d go for something by Ralph Steadman. [![](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ralph-steadman-coffee-stout.jpg) ](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ralph-steadman-coffee-stout.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/26 "2022-09-08T14:38:51Z")
Stolen from twitter: Peecasso during his orange period. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/27 "2022-09-08T14:42:53Z")
Charles [Addams](https://velocetoday.com/charles-addams-biography-reviewed/). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/28 "2022-09-08T15:08:32Z")
Ralph Stedman. (Darn you Pork Rind!) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/29 "2022-09-08T15:09:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Charles [Addams](https://velocetoday.com/charles-addams-biography-reviewed/). IIRC Gomez Addams used to paint on occasion too. Or was that Morticia? In either case, their artistic style was, predictably, bizarre. Which suits their subject well. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/30 "2022-09-08T15:14:46Z")
Just give Trump a box of crayons and let him do it himself. It’d actually be fascinating to see what he’d try to draw. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/31 "2022-09-08T15:15:59Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > [Robert Crumb](https://dangerousminds.net/comments/robert_crumb_and_friends_flush_donald_trump_down_the_toilet_1989) would be even [better](https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/r-crumb-takes-down-donald-trump-in-a-1989-cartoon.html), if he has time and can bear to look at him. Hadn’t seen that. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/32 "2022-09-08T15:20:15Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Just give Trump a box of crayons and let him do it himself. It’d actually be fascinating to see what he’d try to draw. That’s the best idea (well, it doesn’t have to be crayons!) Since trump thinks he’s the best an anything he does, let him paint it. The first presidential portrait done by the subject. AND he can sell signed prints to the rubes! And we can listen to endless comments that “it’s the best portrait EVAH!” from now until eternity. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/33 "2022-09-08T15:24:46Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Just give Trump a box of crayons and let him do it himself. It’d actually be fascinating to see what he’d try to draw. I bet the only crayons used would be the orange ones. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/34 "2022-09-08T15:32:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I believe Jim Carrey has already produced a series of Trump paintings they could choose from Geez, terrific! Dan ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/35 "2022-09-08T15:57:20Z")
Maybe whoever did this masterwork: [Trump posted a picture of himself as Rocky. No one knows what to make of it | Donald Trump | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/27/donald-trump-rocky-picture-twitter) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/36 "2022-09-08T16:30:44Z")
[Robert Crumb](https://boingboing.net/2016/06/21/r-crumb-v-d-trump-1989-ns.html) is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/37 "2022-09-08T16:58:28Z")
Is Gahan Wilson still alive? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/38 "2022-09-08T17:16:26Z")
Jen Sorensen does a pretty good Trump: [![](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sorensen-jacinda-trump_img.jpg) ](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sorensen-jacinda-trump_img.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/39 "2022-09-08T18:44:27Z")
Trump should paint his own, of course. With a Sharpie. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/40 "2022-09-08T19:01:06Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Just give Trump a box of crayons and let him do it himself. It’d actually be fascinating to see what he’d try to draw. A Pardon…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215.md?page=3)