# Trump not unveiling Obama portrait **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134 "2020-05-19T19:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/1 "2020-05-19T19:23:44Z")
Not a big deal but yet another example of how he doesn’t give a f\*\*k about normal traditions. > **[Trump is refusing to unveil Obama's portrait at the White House, breaking a...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-refusing-to-unveil-obama-portrait-at-the-white-house-2020-5)** > > Trump and Obama have perhaps the most contentious relationship of any current and former presidents in modern US history. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/2 "2020-05-19T19:31:21Z")
Seems to me that this has more to do with his hatred Obama’s legacy. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/3 "2020-05-19T19:35:48Z")
Mitch McConnell will be by any moment to condemn this “classless” display. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/4 "2020-05-19T19:37:49Z")
He just can’t stop confirming my opinion of him. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/5 "2020-05-19T19:49:42Z")
Well, it really is a big deal. It’s a major insult to Obama that would likely be front page news in sane times. It’s just that in today’s world, this is one more outrage in an endless stream of outrages. It’s hard to get upset at Trump dissing a better man when he does so many other things that are worse. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/6 "2020-05-19T19:57:14Z")
Maybe it’s better this way. Do we really need another confused, rambling speech about troops with no ammunition, depleted pandemic supplies, Hillary’s E-mails, illegal voting, attempted Deep State coups and the Best-Attended Inaugural of All Time? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/7 "2020-05-19T20:03:26Z")
Surprised he hasn’t ordered a painting of Obama picking cotton with on the "Trump Alley Plantation (Hotel and Casino) in Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/8 "2020-05-19T20:09:48Z")
A small, petty man does a small, petty thing. Film at 11:00. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/9 "2020-05-19T20:33:51Z")
His whining, if his successor pulls the same thing on him, will be easily heard around the world, even if every media outlet in the world does the sane thing and ignores him 5 minutes after he’s out of office. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/10 "2020-05-19T20:45:55Z")
Time to bring back the “can you imagine the reaction if Obama did that” question. Trump is a piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/11 "2020-05-19T21:08:17Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Not a big deal but yet another example of how he doesn’t give a f\*\*k about normal traditions. > > [Trump Refusing to Unveil Obama's Portrait at the White House](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-refusing-to-unveil-obama-portrait-at-the-white-house-2020-5) Did you read the second paragraph? > [@](#): > > Obama would also not be interested in attending such an event, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/12 "2020-05-19T21:13:46Z")
It really does look like both camps decided that it would be best to skip the whole thing. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/13 "2020-05-19T21:42:01Z")
“Obama would also not be interested in attending such an event, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.” …because Trump is an unprecedented piece of shit. This situation has arisen with no other so-called President than Trump, because Trump is a piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/14 "2020-05-19T21:55:30Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Did you read the second paragraph? Really? Are we going to have a conversation about who started it? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/15 "2020-05-19T22:03:17Z")
McCain banned Trump from his funeral with good reason. When was the last time a sitting president was banned from a funeral of a well known senator? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/16 "2020-05-19T22:05:27Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Not a big deal but yet another example of how he doesn’t give a f\*\*k about normal traditions. > > [Trump Refusing to Unveil Obama's Portrait at the White House](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-refusing-to-unveil-obama-portrait-at-the-white-house-2020-5) As if we needed more examples of what a small man he is. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/17 "2020-05-19T22:24:12Z")
Hardly surprising, considering how badly Chump has been trashing Obama. It would be pretty awkward if Obama did attend. Not awkward for Chump, who has no sense of shame whatsoever, but awkward for everyone else. I agree with **Elendil’s Heir** in another thread, Obama can soon go see it as the guest of President Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/18 "2020-05-19T22:29:04Z")
I don’t know. If I were Trump’s successor I certainly wouldn’t want to unveil his portrait and this would give me coverage to avoid it. Maybe just as well. (Ducks.) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/19 "2020-05-19T22:37:24Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I don’t know. If I were Trump’s successor I certainly wouldn’t want to unveil his portrait and this would give me coverage to avoid it. Maybe just as well. (Ducks.) Trumps potrait will be unveiled in the Arkham Asylum. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 19, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134/20 "2020-05-19T22:46:08Z")
Back when we had an actual President, who wasn’t a piece of shit, President Obama unveiled GWB’s portrait. Here’s a snippet of the dignity and respect this country used to have. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NGuxcsRP_uI/maxresdefault.jpg "Bush's humorous return to White House") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuxcsRP_uI) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-unveiling-obama-portrait/854134.md?page=2)