The official presidential and vice-presidential portraits of Donald Trump and JD Vance have been launched on Thursday, simply days forward of their inauguration.
Trump’s portrait bears a notable resemblance to his mugshot from August 2023 at Fulton County Jail in Georgia, with the president-elect obvious by way of the digital camera.
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Former US President Donald Trump was photographed for a police mug shot after his arrest on August 24, 2023, on the Fulton County Jail in Georgia. (FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP)
Vance, in the meantime, seems to have a small smile on his face whereas his arms are crossed. Each males are pictured sporting darkish blue fits and blue ties.
“In just four days, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and JD Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States — and their official portraits are here,” Trump’s transition workforce wrote Thursday in a press launch.
The brand new picture is notably completely different from Trump’s portrait from his first time period, the place he was pictured with a large smile. The official portraits of Trump and then-vice president Mike Pence weren’t launched till October 2017, 9 months after they have been inaugurated. Any motive for the delay was by no means offered by the White Home.
This picture launched by The White Home, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, is the official portrait of President Donald Trump. (White Home by way of AP)
Official portraits of the president and vp are historically hung in federal buildings and U.S. embassies worldwide. The pictures of Trump and Vance will even be on the market.
Trump, 78, and Vance, 40, shall be sworn in on Monday. Trump will change into simply the second president in American historical past to serve two non-consecutive phrases, following Grover Cleveland within the late 1800s. Cleveland gained the 1884 and 1892 presidential elections however misplaced to Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
Vance would be the third-youngest VP, behind John Breckinridge and Richard Nixon.
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