Article 1VG5F Here's the giant "$20,000 portrait" Donald Trump commissioned of himself with charity money

Here's the giant "$20,000 portrait" Donald Trump commissioned of himself with charity money

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Rob Beschizza
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The WaPo's David Fahrenthold exposed incredible self-dealing by millionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump, who settled lawsuits to the tune of $258,000 using his own charity's money. More amusingly, he spent $20,000 of charity cash on a giant portrait of himself.

Thanks to a helpful anonymous traveler, the portrait can now be revealed: it's apparently this one, at Trump's own private resort. I've crudely corrected the perspective, and the original is below.

That it's a paintover of an overexposed publicity photo makes it even better:

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The anonymous photo as originally shot:Cs1UGJUVYAAauUi.jpg

UPDATE:

Here's another angle, showing the exquisite detail of Liquitex Basics acrylic paint slapped over a gigantic inkjet print of a gooogled mugshot.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsS9UrqbQT/

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