2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHas anybody found a picture of Deplorable Don's 6 ft. picture of himself,
which he fraudulently commissioned from investors to his "foundation." My guess is that it shows him at about age 25. The egomaniac would not allow his currently ugly persona, inside and outside, to be revealed, IMHO
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)In addition to the painting, the Trump Foundation paid $12,000 for an autographed football helmet for the Republican presidential nominees personal gain.
http://hyperallergic.com/322259/donald-trump-used-his-foundations-money-to-buy-a-painting-of-himself/
catbyte
(34,386 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)doesn't look like a speed painting
catbyte
(34,386 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Been in magazines and stuff and it's maybe three feet max.
sarae
(3,284 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)when David Duke actually looked like David Duke...
eShirl
(18,491 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Or are you just happy to see us?
What the heck, that mega boner just looks silly and gross. Ew.
Looks like Trump made the artist redraw the hands as well.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)The mystery continues.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)The setting is Mar-a-Lago, Trumps palatial Florida estate, where a childrens charity was holding a benefit on a balmy evening in 2007. The big show that night Michael Israel, a speed painter who generates huge portraits in less than seven minutes. His subject, naturally, was Trump. After Israel finished his six-foot-tall portrait, the work would be auctioned.
When it came time to bid on the mammoth Trump picture, Melania, Trumps wife, opened with $10,000. When no one else bid, the auctioneer urged her to double her bid, saying her participation had driven out would-be bidders. Melania complied, winning her husbands speedily painted image for a cool $20,000.
But neither Trump nor Melania paid that $20,000 bill. The Trump Foundation did, reports the Post. Based on the recounting of the bidding, it seems Melania had no choice but to enter the auction. Otherwise the lack of bids wouldve humiliated Trump, and we know
http://qz.com/779900/melania-trump-bid-20000-on-a-massive-painting-of-donald-trump-and-the-donald-j-trump-foundation-paid-for-it/
catbyte
(34,386 posts)I loved how the auctioneer salved Don the Con's ego after nobody else bid on it by saying they "were hesitant to bid" after Melania bid. Yeah, that was the reason.
molova
(543 posts)As part of the broader investigation.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)a children's charity, right. So can't Trump just say his foundation donated to a children's charity?
Trust me - there's something there. But despite it all this might not be it?
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)Any beginner artist could do better