The official portraits of Donald Trump and Jay De Vance were unveiled by the Republican group, four days before Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
“In just four days, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and Jay D. Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States – and their official portraits are here,” the group said in a statement.
The Trump – Vance Transition team has put out new official portraits of President Elect @realDonaldTrump and Vice President Elect @JDVance @SpectrumNewsDC pic.twitter.com/Y2DHJ05uA7
— Angi Gonzalez (@AnchorAngi) January 16, 2025
In his new portrait, the US president-elect has lowered his right eyelid and is posing with an angry expression, compared to his first official portrait in 2017, in which he was smiling.
Donald Trump’s official presidential portraits from his first term (2017) and his upcoming second term (2025) 📸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/GNGG28thar
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) January 16, 2025
The new portrait of the Republican is however reminiscent of the photo taken as part of the official process of his arrest (mug shot) in a prison in Atlanta, Georgia, something that happened for the first time to a former president in the history of the USA.
After it was posted, the photo went viral and his campaign used it to sell merchandise including T-shirts, posters and coffee mugs.
Donald Trump posted his mugshot on Truth Social with the caption “Never surrender.”…but he LITERALLY surrendered himself to be arrested. 😂#TrumpMugShot #StupidStupid pic.twitter.com/VBpMHiKVeA
— Shannon🇺🇲💙 (@DEFendFURiously) August 25, 2023
In 2018, President Donald Trump signed a law prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay for an official portrait of any federal official, including the president, vice president, members of Congress, and heads of executive agencies.
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