US President Donald Trump is demanding that his portrait in the Colorado The state capitol should be removed, as he has received complaints regarding the image and alleges that it was "intentionally altered" to portray him unfavorably.
The painting of the portrait took place during Mr Trump's first term and it was revealed in 2019.
The Colorado Republican Party managed to raise over £8,360 ($10,000) via a GoFundMe campaign to fund an oil painting by Sarah Boardson. This same artist previously created the portrait of ex-president Barack Obama for the state capitol.
At the time, one Trump supporter commented that the portrait "treats him very fairly."
However, in a Sunday evening posting on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump stated that he would rather have no image displayed at all instead of the one currently hanging in the Colorado statehouse.
"No one enjoys seeing an unflattering image or portrait of themselves, yet the depiction in Colorado at the State Capitol, installed by the Governor alongside those of all other presidents, was deliberately altered to such an extent that, even I, might not have witnessed anything like it before," Mr Trump penned.
The painting remained hanging on Monday morning.
Boardman did not promptly reply to The Associated Press' request for comments; however, the artist Previously mentioned to TheDenverPost when theportraitwasunveiledthatitwaseimportantthatherdepictionsofbothMrObamaandMrTrumplook"apolitical".
Shelby Wieman, a representative for Colorado’s Democratic Governor Jared Polis, stated in a release that the governor was “taken aback to discover that the President of the United States has developed quite an appreciation for our Colorado State Capitol and its art.”
"Issues aside, we value the president’s and everyone else’s curiosity about our capitol building, and we continuously seek ways to enhance our visitors' experience," Wieman went on to say.
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