Colorado Governor Trolls Trump Complaining About His Official Portrait By Tweeting a ‘South Park’ Style Picture of Himself
AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) took the opportunity presented by April Fools’ Day to have some fun at President Donald Trump’s expense, posting a portrait of himself done in the South Park animation style in what many viewed as a jab at the president’s complaints about his official portrait recently hung in the state capitol.
The kerfuffle began last month, when a late-night Truth Social post from Trump vented his anger about the portrait, which was completed and hung in the Colorado state capitol in 2019, during Trump’s first term. The president did not explain why he was posting about the portrait now, several years later, but nonetheless wrote at length about how he thought the portrait had been “purposefully distorted” and accused “Radical Left Governor” Polis of being somehow at fault, especially since another state capitol portrait, by the same artist, of President Barack Obama “looks wonderful.”
Barack Obama (L) and Donald Trump (R), Official Colorado Portraits, by Sarah A. Boardman, via SarahABoardman.com
On Tuesday, Polis posted a tweet sharing what he said was his new official portrait, done in the style of the South Park cartoon, which is set in a fictional Colorado town. The show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, met when they were both students at University of Colorado Boulder.
“No one likes an unflattering photo or painting of themselves, which is why I went in a different direction for my official portrait,” wrote Polis. “I’ve always been proud to support Colorado art, and this portrait was an exciting opportunity to do exactly that while embedding my image into the fabric of Colorado’s history. I’m proud of the final product and want to thank the artists for their artistic vision, and personally feel that I have never looked better.”
The official South Park account has not yet reacted to Polis’ proud reaction to his new “portrait,” but recently retweeted another post from the governor citing South Park in another rebuke to Trump’s spat with Canada, touting how Colorado’s relationship with Canada brings “vast benefits” to its residents.
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