# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/101 "2023-06-10T20:12:01Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > Biden has gotten himself into a bit of a bind here, in that his brand appears to be “restore normal Presidential behavior” which doesn’t, happily, call for him to show any particular deference to his predecessor, except for this ceremony. Biden has not. Trump is the one who failed to have the ceremony for his own predecessor. That was Trump. Biden held the ceremony for the Obamas, who were skipped. Biden’s all good. The one who follows Biden can have a ceremony for Biden, and if Trump’s portrait never hangs, it will be because he is the one who decided to give the finger to the ceremony. Biden has not gotten himself into a bind about this, FFS. (And the best answer was upthread: Ralph Steadman.) ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/102 "2023-06-10T20:15:02Z")
The bind I was referring to concerns the Trumps’ portraits, which Biden would normally oversee the hanging of. It’s hard to see Biden inviting the Trumps back to the White House for a ceremony, which would be the normal thing, but it’s also hard to reconcile that with the “back to normal” vibe he’s trying to send out. FFS. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/103 "2023-06-10T20:16:05Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > but it’s also hard to reconcile that with the “back to normal” vibe he’s trying to send out. The portrait things is so minor, I don’t think it hurts Biden’s “back to normal” efforts. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/104 "2023-06-10T20:16:09Z")
Why would he? Why should he? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/105 "2023-06-10T21:06:03Z")
Plausible White House press release: > In view of the pending charges against the former President, this administration will delay any action on presidential portraits until a later date. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/106 "2023-06-10T22:24:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In view of the pending charges against the former President, this administration will delay any action on presidential portraits until a later date. “Don’t know if it’s going to be an orange one piece jumpsuit or black and white stripes.” ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/107 "2023-06-11T00:53:53Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > It’s hard to see Biden inviting the Trumps back to the White House for a ceremony, which would be the normal thing, but it’s also hard to reconcile that with the “back to normal” vibe he’s trying to send out. > > FFS. Getting “back to normal” should include dumping trump. Dan ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/108 "2023-06-11T01:16:05Z")
if we could bring back any artist from the dead, I’d suggest either Salvatore Dali or Hieronymus Bosch. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/109 "2023-06-11T02:37:54Z")
Or maybe Francisco Goya during his “Black Paintings” period. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/110 "2023-06-25T05:47:51Z")
Francis Bacon would have captured his grotesqueness, as well. > **[Francis Bacon — En toutes lettres — Centre Georges Pompidou — Exhibition](https://slash-paris.com/en/evenements/francis-bacon)** > > The last major French exhibition of this artist’s work was held in 1996 at the Centre Pompidou. More than twenty years later, Bacon:Books and Painting presents paintings dating from 1971, t… For an official photo, how about Joel-Peter Witkin? (Witkin usually includes corpses or body parts from morgues in his photographs). > **[Joel-Peter Witkin, the controversial photographer who seeks to turn corpses,...](https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/23/joel-peter-witkin-the-controversial-photographer-who-seeks-to-turn-corpses-mutilated-and-deformed-bodies-into-an-art-form/?outputType=amp-type)** > > After a shocking episode that marked him in his childhood, he devoted himself to exploring human misfortunes and death in order to construct dreamlike and macabre but fascinating images ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/111 "2023-06-25T14:30:01Z")
Just for shits and giggles, I had an Ai program generate an image of [Trump as he would appear in a Jack Chick tract.](https://imgur.com/a/6dkfUVM) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/112 "2023-06-25T22:27:01Z")
Quite an accurate rendering of the neck folds. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/113 "2023-06-25T22:37:04Z")
I still think Slug should get the concession. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/114 "2023-07-18T18:58:00Z")
[Amerikan Gothic](https://i.imgur.com/r38enOh.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215/115 "2023-08-30T03:43:37Z")
Too bad GG Allin is dead. I could see him making some special artwork with an enema and a large canvas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215.md?page=5)