The president of the United States, Donald Trump, accused the governor of Colorado, the Democrat Jared Polis, of being behind a pictorial portrait of his hanging in the state legislature, which he considers that he has been “disfigured on purpose.”
“Nobody likes a bad photo or painting of himself, but that of Colorado, in the state capitol, placed by the governor, along with all the other presidents, was disfigured on purpose to a point that perhaps not even I have seen before,” Trump wrote in a publication in his social truth network, in which attached a photo of the picture in question, the work of the local portraitist Sarah Broadman.
“The artist also painted President Obama, and looks wonderful, but mine is really the worst. She must have lost her talent with age,” Trump added.
It was the Republican Party that initiated a campaign in 2018 to raise thousands of dollars to paint the portrait, which was presented and hung in the Capitol, in Denver, the following year, in a bipartisan act.
“In any case, I would prefer not to have a painting than to have this, but many people of Colorado have called and written to complain. In fact, they are furious,” Trump continued.
“I appeal here, in his name, to the governor of the radical left, Jared Polis, who has an extremely weak position in the field of crime, in particular with respect to the Aragua train – transnational criminal base to which Trump accuses of being invading the country – that practically seized Aurora (calm, we save her!), To remove it. Jared should be ashamed!”
A Polis spokesman, cited by the NBC chain, said the governor “was surprised” for the fact that Trump is “a great fond of our state Capitol of Colorado and his works of art.”
“We appreciate the interest of the president and everyone in our Capitol, and we always look for any opportunity to improve the experience of our visitors,” he added.