Donald Trump's inauguration portrait, released ahead of Monday's ceremony, features a stark and unusual image of the former president. The photo, taken by Daniel Torok, shows Trump squinting intently against eerie lighting, reminiscent of photographer Jill Greenberg's controversial 'End Times' series. This dramatic choice stands in contrast to the typically smiling inaugural photos of previous presidents.
Conor McGregor. There has been such a stampede of big-money donors that his inaugural committee has run out of VIP tickets and perks. And yet here is theThe image, which will be printed inside the programmes his supporters will clutch on Monday, does not exactly scream celebration. Trump is shown sternly squinting, bathed in eerie, David Lynchian lighting from below, high-powered strobes reflected in his eyes.
Some saw in the image a signal of the retribution and strong hand that Trump promised on the campaign trail. Many of his supporters erupted in glee about the tone they saw it as setting for the new era in Washington. “Dad is home,” Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and media figure, wrote on social platform X.
In the past, Trump has told photographers who have taken his portrait that he would like to appear Churchillian. (On the first day of Trump’s first term as president, he restored a bust of
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