'Full-Blown Meltdown': Trump Flips Out Over A Not-Very-Flattering Official Portrait

President Donald Trump spent portion of his Sunday railing against a representation of himself that’s been hanging successful the Colorado State Capitol for astir six years.

“Nobody likes a atrocious representation oregon coating of themselves, but the 1 successful Colorado, successful the State Capitol, enactment up by the Governor, on with each different Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that adjacent I, perhaps, person ne'er seen before,” helium griped connected his Truth Social website.

Trump said a representation of President Barack Obama created by the aforesaid artist, Sarah Boardman, “looks wonderful.”

But the president slammed the representation of himself arsenic “truly the worst.”

Check it retired successful this 2019 photograph taken aft the unveiling:

The president insisted that “many people” person called and written to kick astir the image, which helium blamed connected Gov. Jared Polis (D).

“Jared should beryllium ashamed of himself!” Trump said arsenic helium demanded that Polis instrumentality the representation down.

But Polis wasn’t down the painting, which was commissioned successful 2018, earlier helium took office, aft a prankster placed a representation of Russian President Vladimir Putin successful a spot wherever an representation of Trump should person been, but wasn’t.

There was nary representation of Trump astatine the clip due to the fact that nary wealth had been raised to committee it.

When that communicative went viral, Kevin Grantham ― a Republican who was president of the Colorado Senate astatine the clip ― raised much than $10,000 via crowdfunding for the portrait.

At the unveiling successful 2019, the creator Boardman said her representation was meant to basal the trial of time.

“In five, 10, 15, 20 years, helium volition beryllium different president connected the partition who is lone humanities inheritance and helium needs to look neutral,” she said, according to Colorado Public Radio.

She besides described her process to the Colorado Times Recorder successful an interrogation conducted arsenic she worked connected the piece.

“When I commencement to overgarment a portrait, it is the portrait, likeness, and ‘essence’ of the taxable which I strive to portray,” she said. “Any idiosyncratic feelings astir immoderate taxable are not applicable and are near extracurricular the workplace per my grooming to ‘leave those emotions astatine the door’.”

Six twelvemonth later, however, and Trump’s emotions look to beryllium getting the amended of him arsenic helium railed against the portrait.

The president’s critics mocked him implicit the meltdown: