![]() Previously talking to Time magazine, Thomas pointed out that he had also added a nod to feminism, as he put it, in his painting – the blurred image of a woman approaching the table out of the crowd. ![]() Trump at centre stagewears a gleaming white shirt and his signature red tie. Lincoln is opposite him and Reagan, George HW and George W Bush, an avuncular Theodore Roosevelt, and a tickled Dwight Eisenhower to Trump’s right. In the painting, the infamously grim and corrupt Richard Nixon is shown laughing, on Trump’s left. It’s populist, and he’s not going to be shy that he’s the center of attention. The fact that Trump would then hang that in the White House was entirely in character, Thomas said, both from the point of view of the president’s ego and his willingness to honor a piece of kitsch created by an ordinary voter. In this newest gathering, Trump is in the middle of the picture. He also admitted he’s a nostalgic painter, specializing in cowboy scenes. “I work very hard on the presidents’ likenesses … there’s no satire,” said Thomas, who cited Norman Rockwell as one of his influences. A cheery Gerald Ford stands behind Trump and a small variety of other former presidents, such as Grant and Coolidge, peep out from the backdrop. ![]() “Honest” Abe Lincoln appears to have water, Reagan has a gaudy cocktail, the others have various beverages. The famously teetotal Trump appears to be accompanied by a glass of his favourite Diet Coke. ![]() In the newest version now in the White House, he added Trump and made it look like a bar scene. ![]() Thomas has previously produced a series of paintings showing groups of Democratic presidents and groups of Republican presidents playing poker and pool, or sitting around a table. ![]()
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