Moreover, no one likes a portrait of themselves that they deem bad. Take it back to Boardman, I say. Give her, just like the president, a second chance. What could go wrong?

Trump’s new official portrait lacked two elements his predecessors had in their photographs in recent decades, including an American flag in the background.

She told us she went through thousands of photos of Trump to pick the right one to paint, and the approval process took weeks. She said she didn’t want the portrait to be a political statement.

Yeo was commissioned for this portrait back in 2020, and after Charles became King a monarch butterfly was added as a subtle detail above Charles' right shoulder, as a nod to his role. It divided ...