President Trump ordered the state of Colorado to remove an unflattering and "purposefully distorted" painting of him from the state's Capitol.
The awkward picture has been hanging in the Capitol Rotunda in Denver since 2019. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a photo of the painting, which he described as "truly the worst."
"Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before," Trump wrote.
The same artist who made the Trump painting, British-born Sarah Boardman, also painted the picture of Barack Obama hanging next to it.
"The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst," Trump wrote. "She must have lost her talent as she got older," Trump wrote.
Trump said he spoke with the Democratic governor, Jared Polis, about taking the picture down. The president also knocked Polis over his handling of the Tren de Aragua gang, which came to national attention last year after occupying an apartment complex in the Denver area. Polis infamously dismissed the gang takeover - which was captured on video - as a product of the "imagination."
"In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain," Trump said.
"I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Don’t worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared should be ashamed of himself!"
When the painting went up in 2019, the Colorado Springs-based artist said wasn't influenced by her personal feelings about Trump, according to Newsweek.
"My portrait of President Trump has been called thoughtful, non-confrontational, not angry, not happy, not tweeting. In five, 10, 15, 20 years, he will be another president on the wall who is only historical background and he needs to look neutral," she said at the time.
A spokesperson for Governor Polis responded to Trump with sarcasm.
"Gov. Polis was surprised to learn the President of the United States is an aficionado of our Colorado State Capitol and its artwork," Polis' spokesperson wrote.
While Polis is busy firing back at the president, Coloradans continue to feel the impact of the migrant crisis in their state.
