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14. Like a carnival barker Trump will dramatically pull back the curtains to show it off to all his Oval Office visitors,
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 07:43 AM
Mar 2025

telling them "it's the real Declaration of Independence...believe me." Trump used to tell everyone he had a $10 million original Renoir hanging on his wall; art historians said it was a fake, the real one was in a museum. Then there was Trump's Paris art theft caper during his first term:

"Trump swiped some art from the residence of the US ambassador to France during a 2018 visit, the same visit on which he cancelled a trip to visit fallen First World War Marines at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris after allegedly calling the dead 'suckers' and 'losers.'"

Trump "took several of the pieces in the ambassador’s historic residence in Paris, where he was staying and which serves as the flagship for the State Department’s 'Art in Embassies' cultural programme, without notifying the ambassador."

Trump had "a portrait and bust of Benjamin Franklin and a set of silver figurines depicting Greek mythological characters loaded onto Air Force One to bring them back to the White House. A bureaucratic nightmare ensued for the State Department and White House staffers, who worried that the $750,000 cache of art might not be legally transferable." The ambassador "was told that she would receive the work back in six years—or 2024, when a second term of Trump’s presidency would theoretically end."

"The loot, however, was deemed legal to enter the White House since it was technically US property… and all of the works were replicas or copies anyway. It remains unclear whether Trump knew that none of the pieces were original when he decided to take them home with him, or whether he, in truth, was the real sucker."

Trump is an imbecile.

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words are clear and legible Sailingdiver Mar 2025 #1
What the national archive is saying, "no it's not the original please don't tell Donald" Walleye Mar 2025 #2
Are the curtains meant to protect it from sunlight or just a means to get more GOLD in the room? underpants Mar 2025 #4
Perhaps it's a "now you see it, now you don't " prop for the toddler's amusement. Harker Mar 2025 #6
The country is just another toy he can break MustLoveBeagles Mar 2025 #55
No more money from us for The Kennedy Center... COL Mustard Mar 2025 #25
Yes, Trump loves all the symbols of freedom and democracy PatSeg Mar 2025 #28
"Are the curtains meant to protect it from sunlight..." LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #40
😆😆😆 underpants Mar 2025 #46
Why did Trump do this? Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #3
it's for sale to the highest bidder. Meadowoak Mar 2025 #7
He thinks it's his. Harker Mar 2025 #8
He thinks everything belongs to him. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #9
It's expensive, alright. Harker Mar 2025 #10
trump aslo has copies of the Constitutiion. jaxxon20 Mar 2025 #31
He's probably aware of the rolls with his face on each sheet. Harker Mar 2025 #33
It's a perverse version of Dorian Gray... Hugin Mar 2025 #12
It gives him a list of his 27 objectives. NT Gore1FL Mar 2025 #15
Good point. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #16
To make some people think he cares about it.....just like his bible stuff NowsTheTime Mar 2025 #43
When is the burning ceremony? C_U_L8R Mar 2025 #5
The "crapped all over" phase is already a done thing. Paladin Mar 2025 #11
Overkill ReRe Mar 2025 #13
The document should hang in a darkened climate controlled room with artificial light JohnnyRingo Mar 2025 #24
Like a carnival barker Trump will dramatically pull back the curtains to show it off to all his Oval Office visitors, sop Mar 2025 #14
The Oval Office sure looks tacky pfitz59 Mar 2025 #17
Needs more flags. LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #41
And logos of his corporate sponsors RazorbackExpat Mar 2025 #57
All the "gold", and stuff?... electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #54
Are the... 2naSalit Mar 2025 #18
So King George III hangs a copy of declaration of independence in his throne room? travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #19
... BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #20
Too bad he doesn't understand a word of it. And the curtains look ridiculous. I have two sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #21
You can imagine here in Philly BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #23
I hope some saavy administrator slipped him a copy from Staples. JohnnyRingo Mar 2025 #22
That is assuming lonely bird Mar 2025 #26
You can get a copy of it thinkingagain Mar 2025 #27
That is so not the original. Baitball Blogger Mar 2025 #29
Or go over it with a Sharpie tavernier Mar 2025 #36
Oh yippie he has turned the white house into a fucking golf course setting.............. turbinetree Mar 2025 #30
Marco Rubio is the current interim Archivist of the US right now SpankMe Mar 2025 #32
So, he's going to cross Bettie Mar 2025 #34
Good. "... it is their duty, to throw off such Government ..." Jim__ Mar 2025 #35
Beat me to it. Efilroft Sul Mar 2025 #44
Just here to rec. Thank you for posting. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Mar 2025 #48
To bad he doesn't understand the meaning of what it says. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #37
Nor the handwriting. Harker Mar 2025 #39
Wait till it ends up in the bathroom at Mara Lardo. redstatebluegirl Mar 2025 #38
I hope they framed a gift shop copy for him. Lars39 Mar 2025 #42
I doubt he's read it. Mz Pip Mar 2025 #45
Whoop de doo maxsolomon Mar 2025 #47
Lincoln is hanging his head. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #49
Trump hangs twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #50
Well we can kiss that goodbye! Hope22 Mar 2025 #51
Wonder if he knows it contains a list of grievances against a tyrant king? LearnedHand Mar 2025 #52
I see he left an empty space on the table, for his copy of Mein Kampf synni Mar 2025 #53
This is a goddamn obscenity choie Mar 2025 #56
I wonder if his collection of props is nearly complete. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2025 #58
He's probably going to have an online auction for it. Vinca Mar 2025 #59
"Thanks for the votes, suckers" oasis Mar 2025 #60
I'm betting that this traitor hasn't read a full sentence of this. bluestarone Mar 2025 #61
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