President of Tacky Shit

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 106 pts · 40d (5 replies)

It represents:

Asafum@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 40d (2 replies)

Man I am saving that but I'm absolutely cutting it down to just the text. I'll be damned if I'm saving a picture of that piece of shit

baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 40d (1 reply)

i am the opposite, i want just the face to show people in pictures what america is like

bcgm3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d

Truly a case where a picture is worth a thousand turds

kingofras@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 40d (1 reply)

I know we’re not supposed to talk about people’s physical appearance anymore, but the eyes say everything. I’ve never seen these eyes anywhere else, and I haven’t even seen them in person.

They just look extraordinarily predatory. Always looking for the next ‘meal’. The next thing to gut and suck dry before they move on to the next thing. There’s no life or passion behinds them, they don’t stand for anything, it could be a democrat turned republican or a russian asset compromised by zionists, it will just zig and zag and move to the next thing until its dead.

edwardbear@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 40d

Anyone who has ever worked on a farm has seen this look. This is how pigs look at things they wanna fuck, eat, or roll in the slop with.

db2@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 40d (1 reply)

It represents nothing. Imagine Smaug if he were incredibly incredibly stupid and also shit himself all day.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 40d

smaul prefers real gold none of these gold plated, or even gold painted.

Meron35@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 40d (3 replies)

aaa999@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 40d

i am going back and forth playing spot the difference and they are very clearly not the same object. left obviously looks like complete dogshit but the evidence is right there

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 40d (1 reply)

Plus probably about $50-80 in gold leaf and glue.

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 40d

Or a $7 can of spray paint across all of em.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 40d (2 replies)

Participation trophies

from Epstein Island

TipRing@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 40d

I don't see Melania in this shot.

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 40d

He earned more than a "participation" trophy on that island.

nulluser@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 40d (2 replies)

This looks like a shelf in a thrift store.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 40d

spray painted with gold. you should see the rooms in trump tower, all gaudy, with likely not diamond crystals on the walls, the chandeliers, the giant vases.

Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 40d

Holy crap, this is spot on.

BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 40d (4 replies)

It's all cheap plastic crap they got from a home improvement store and spray painted it gold. It's so gaudy and ugly like the man who enjoys it.

MrNesser@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 40d (3 replies)

I really really hope the next president makes a point of showing this crap being thrown on a trash heap

BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 40d

They should make a show of it also being cheap plastic crap as well.

ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 2 pts · 40d (1 reply)

Biden missed a chance to say 'you're fired' to Trump when he got into office. He never did since they believed it would be petty... But Trump did the same shit when he got reelected.

MrNesser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 40d

Don't you remember the swearing in. Trump high tailed it out while Biden was speaking.

Little orange coward

El_guapazo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 40d

Items to steal for the thieves guild from Skyrim

FatVegan@leminal.space · 14 pts · 40d (1 reply)

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 40d

At least Goldmember liked real gold.

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 40d

Those are his awards, mother, from army.

erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 40d

They're his awards. From army.

infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 40d (2 replies)

One of them is the chalice of everlasting life, the rest will kill you instantly. Choose wisely.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 2 pts · 40d

Win/win!

Aneb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d

Does Trump get lucky then or what?

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 40d

Theres two of each. Must be store ornaments.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 40d (3 replies)

Emperor Calus from Destiny 2. But with a comb over.

Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 40d

Dude, that's an insult to Calus. Also, he was kicked out, exiled. That's how you know it's fake: The one in power, abusing that power, faced punishment.

Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 40d

Calus had much more class and better taste.

weps@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d

grow fat with strength

abc@suppo.fi · 9 pts · 40d

Arts: evil is subtle and abstruse.

Reality:

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 40d

I see two options:

  1. they are all peace prizes.
  2. He was hiding in the background of Indiana Jones and the last crusade and stole all the fake holy grails.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 40d (5 replies)

It really looks like he's just glued those onto the walls.

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 40d (4 replies)
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 16 pts · 40d (3 replies)

Trump himself was putting up gold adornments. Leavitt found him with a bottle of superglue in his hand, busy adding new decorative items to the fireplace mantel.

Holy fuck. I was wondering who he found that was actually willing to do this shit. Guess I was wrong. He's fucking doing it himself, by hand!

On one hand, that's hilariously pathetic, but on the other hand, it has got to be the closest he's ever come to doing physical labor.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 40d

I just can't understand why they need to be glued lol does he think someone wants to steal that gaudy shit

Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d (1 reply)

Honestly, this is the most human thing I've ever heard about him. The idea that he would glue and place them himself is so very far from the "I have slaves for that" persona he projects that it's almost humble. I don't give two shits about the look, to each their own, but i can't reconcile him attaching them himself with the person he is.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 40d

Someone else might not get it perfectly to his tastes.

daannii@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 40d (3 replies)

It's what a philistine thinks "rich important person decor" looks like.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 13 pts · 40d (1 reply)

See also: Putin's palace

Though, honestly, Putin did it better.

huppakee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d

That tracks, he also does fascism harder.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 40d

its basically "Supreme branding" for rich people.

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 40d (2 replies)

It's all plastic. He's building a fire hazard.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 5 pts · 40d (1 reply)

Sure would be a shame if the Canadians came to visit and burned it down again.

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 40d

Is there a website where I can contribute?

einlander@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 40d

Who he thinks he is:

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 40d

It represents gold. Do you think his brain can handle symbolism?

tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 40d

Symbols for Baal worship. Minor adjustments to make it less noticeable.

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 40d

What is it? Stupidly designed, massively overly elaborate jars and dishes. What's it's purpose? To be a tacky person's idea of wealth status.

isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 40d

Seriously. Those classical art forms were originally meant to represent something. Originally deities that people very much actually believed in. And later they served as representations of higher virtues like justice, honor, courage, etc.

Classical forms, done right, can really send a message. Look at the art in the Supreme Court building. The current occupants of that building make a mockery of it. But that building was outfitted with carefully chosen sculptures meant to reflect the highest national virtues of law and justice.

And that's the problem with this. These figures don't represent anything to Trump, beyond just being expensive and vaguely "classy." Hell, even gilding usually has artistic reasons behind it. But if you throw gold on something without any thought or feeling, it just ends up feeling trashy.

Compare Trump's collection to a piece from the actual era he's imitating. Consider this video of a mechanical table from the actual 18th century, decorated with actual gilding in the same rococo style Trump loves. This was truly a piece for an aristocrat. It was finely made by a master craftsman, at the absolute pinnacle of his art. No expense was spared. The person who bought this piece could have easily afforded to have it covered completely in gold. But notice how restrained the gilding is in comparison to Trump's pieces here. The gilding still jumps out at you, but it's meant to complement and accentuate the rest of the piece, not dominate it. Gilding was the aristocratic decor equivalent of dessert. Sure, an aristocrat wanted to have some gilding. And sure, an aristocrat would certainly serve a nice dessert at any party they held. But if you serve your guests nothing but dessert, they're going to think something is wrong with you. Some fine gilding, carefully applied, communicated the aristocratic virtues of restraint and elegance. It says, "I have so much money that I don't feel the need to show it off." But if you cover everything in gold, then or now, it just feels trashy.

SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 40d

Epstein's hand me downs that he got from acquisition aggrements with Costa Rica.

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 40d

magpie brain

huppakee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 40d

The interior decorater made space for trophies but they didn't any prize so they put this instead.

HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 40d

He's totally going for the despot dictator look.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 40d

Lol "represent."

These fucks aren't thinking about symbolism. He just thinks it looks good because he's got no taste

Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 40d

Trump reminds me of the primitive alien lobsters in "Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur Clarke. At some point they're found to appreciate human-made shiny trinkets and even wear them as bracelets and shit.

drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 40d (1 reply)

It represents hiding you money in assets

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 40d

I would bet money that shit is just gold-painted foam, wood, or plastic.

Maybe it has gold leaf. Maybe.

shweddy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 40d

Testing what urns he wants to be in

P1k1e@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 40d

Participation trophy's. For what you ask? Shut up

MrNesser@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d (1 reply)

weep for the poor fool who has to dust them

Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 40d

They probably just use a can of keyboard cleaner, which they likely have to hide or else the orange kid-fucker would huff it all

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 40d

I guess it all starts somewhere. Who else gold spray painted their macaroni they glued to a jar back in elementary school?