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Celerity

(48,982 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:13 PM Jan 16

Trump and Vance's Official Portraits Are as Ugly as It Gets



Donald Trump is so lame he basically recreated his mugshot in his presidential portrait.

https://newrepublic.com/post/190351/trump-vance-official-presidential-portraits

https://web.archive.org/web/20250117001104/https://newrepublic.com/post/190351/trump-vance-official-presidential-portraits



Donald Trump and JD Vance debuted new presidential and vice presidential portraits Thursday and, boy, are they weirdly sinister.

Daniel Torok, the president-elect’s chief photographer, revealed the portraits on X Wednesday evening. “We are entering the GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA,” Torok wrote.



“They go hard,” wrote Trump’s transition team in a press release hyping the official portraits.

Clearly, the purpose of these photographs was to evoke some kind of masculine energy that would delight the manosphere. In Trump’s portrait, the president-elect went for a glowering stare reminiscent of his unsettlingly viral 2023 mugshot taken in Fulton County jail, which has appeared on everything from a commemorative $2 bill to NFT trading cards sold by the president-elect and his buddies.



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Trump and Vance's Official Portraits Are as Ugly as It Gets (Original Post) Celerity Jan 16 OP
Vance's isn't bad, but Trump's is horrific LeftInTX Jan 16 #1
Vance Celerity Jan 16 #7
He always looks like that, so that's why I say it isn't bad. It's not bad for him because he has a bit of smile LeftInTX Jan 16 #9
Not just ugly. Vance looks like he's either possessed by a particularly nasty demon Ocelot II Jan 16 #2
What's with the uplighting? C_U_L8R Jan 16 #3
Exactly. It's like when little kids gather in their blanket fort and tell ghost stories Ocelot II Jan 16 #5
This would be far more accurate: Dave Bowman Jan 16 #4
Looks like a con and a serial killer. Vinca Jan 16 #6
Not gonna look! WestMichRad Jan 16 #8
GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA- think Golden Showers RainCaster Jan 16 #10
The Golden Showers Age of America will be a refresh of trickle-down economics. nt Shermann Jan 16 #13
His idole Adolf was also a golden (sometimes brown) showers enthusiast. Dave Bowman Jan 17 #21
Is this a ploy to get people to avoid the Post Office and Social Security Offices??? LeftInTX Jan 16 #11
Heather from The Blair Witch Project was responsible for the lighting in Trump's photo. Tommy Carcetti Jan 16 #12
Lol Mossfern Jan 16 #14
Cartoonishly ridiculous. Oopsie Daisy Jan 16 #15
Looks like Don had a stroke that affected his right side, eye and mouth are uneven, drooping uppityperson Jan 16 #16
How can trump not be embarrassed by that? Think. Again. Jan 16 #17
I'd fire that photographer William Seger Jan 17 #24
Yes, and the model too. Think. Again. Jan 17 #25
Baron Fartkonen & Feyd Rasputin SunImp Jan 16 #18
Vance is wearing light colored contacts. He has been for quite some time. The contacts give off a weird vibe. LeftInTX Jan 16 #19
Vance Looks Over-Exposed Deep State Witch Jan 16 #20
Yeah, they both do (but I bet JD is feeling underexposed since muskrat showed up) William Seger Jan 17 #26
He's chosen his perpetually-pissed-off "badass" persona. Buns_of_Fire Jan 17 #22
It looks like someone asked generative AI to create a picture... William Seger Jan 17 #28
Trump glowers with his head down like that to... LudwigPastorius Jan 17 #23
Oof! C0RI0LANUS Jan 17 #29
That's his usual Lloyd Bridges impersonation Donkees Jan 17 #27
Imagine working in the post office pfitz59 Jan 17 #30
This is my favorite portrait of our new President which was taken at Mar-A-Lago. C0RI0LANUS Jan 17 #31
Ugliest official portraits EVER. Paladin Jan 17 #32

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
9. He always looks like that, so that's why I say it isn't bad. It's not bad for him because he has a bit of smile
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:25 PM
Jan 16

Trump looks like an ogre.

Ocelot II

(123,948 posts)
2. Not just ugly. Vance looks like he's either possessed by a particularly nasty demon
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:16 PM
Jan 16

or stoned on opioids (pinpoint pupils), or maybe both. Trump is doing his phony tough-guy shtick. They both look ridiculous.

C_U_L8R

(46,898 posts)
3. What's with the uplighting?
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:20 PM
Jan 16

He looks like he's trying to tell spooky stories around the campfire. What a pathetic clown.

Ocelot II

(123,948 posts)
5. Exactly. It's like when little kids gather in their blanket fort and tell ghost stories
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:23 PM
Jan 16

while shining a flashlight upward onto their faces. Bwahahahaha! So scary!

RainCaster

(12,488 posts)
10. GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA- think Golden Showers
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jan 16

Is the photographer reminding up of the peepee tapes?

Dave Bowman

(4,886 posts)
21. His idole Adolf was also a golden (sometimes brown) showers enthusiast.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:30 AM
Jan 17

Now that I think about it, ambassador Stalone is also a fan.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,830 posts)
12. Heather from The Blair Witch Project was responsible for the lighting in Trump's photo.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:33 PM
Jan 16

And Vance's face appears to be biologically rejecting his eyes.

uppityperson

(115,920 posts)
16. Looks like Don had a stroke that affected his right side, eye and mouth are uneven, drooping
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:57 PM
Jan 16

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
19. Vance is wearing light colored contacts. He has been for quite some time. The contacts give off a weird vibe.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:18 PM
Jan 16

Otherwise, he looks OK. It's Trump that looks demented.

I still think Vance has had his nose done.

Deep State Witch

(11,679 posts)
20. Vance Looks Over-Exposed
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:22 PM
Jan 16

Like someone put it into Photoshop and turned up the brightness. I guess they're trying to avoid the "Shady Vance" moniker.

William Seger

(11,507 posts)
26. Yeah, they both do (but I bet JD is feeling underexposed since muskrat showed up)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:18 AM
Jan 17

And yeah, the RAW format photo would need to be edited in Photoshop, and that format gives you a lot of control over apparent exposure, so apparently the photographer wanted that high contrast look. That's why I would fire him.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,274 posts)
22. He's chosen his perpetually-pissed-off "badass" persona.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:46 AM
Jan 17

Which might be more believable if the world didn't already know he's a big wuss.

William Seger

(11,507 posts)
28. It looks like someone asked generative AI to create a picture...
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:24 AM
Jan 17

... of someone who is narrow-minded, short-sighted, self-obsessed, willfully ignorant, mean-spirited and callous.

pfitz59

(11,422 posts)
30. Imagine working in the post office
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:54 AM
Jan 17

seeing that ugly mug glaring at you every day! Someone is going to snap!

Paladin

(29,965 posts)
32. Ugliest official portraits EVER.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:06 AM
Jan 17

Think of the sort of mindsets it takes to approve such nasty mugs for public consumption. Further (unneeded) proof of just how fucked we are...

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