I have to look at the framework of what I taught and wonder, did I inspire him in some way?” Ramsland said in a NewsNation ...

R euters White House correspondent Jeff Mason posted that Trump replaced a portrait of former first lady Hillary Clinton with this picture/meme of himself: ...

The style hearkens back to the past presidential portrait styles of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Calvin Coolidge, who also appeared unsmiling against dark backgrounds.

A portrait of Trump released earlier this year, which did feature an American flag, was taken during the presidential transition period and "was always meant to serve as a placeholder," a White House ...

"The flag to the right hand of the president has been around since Gerald Ford," Whetstone said. A White House official said that Trump's January portrait was never meant to be permanent.

Trump's second term portrait shows the president unsmiling, a departure from his first term portrait and of his immediate ...

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

Upon one internet user’s request, Grok painted Trump, “in the style of a clown,” and for another user, it turned the POTUS’ portrait into a painting of a marble sculpture! That’s not it.

But the new image features more dramatic lighting on a black backdrop, instead of the flag and ornate wall in the background of the previous portrait. Also, Trump swapped his blue tie for a red tie.