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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Trump leaves the White House . . .
someone better inventory the art and artifacts, and count the china and the silverware . . .
I'm just sayin' . . .
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Fking crook!
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)It may be too late.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)James48
(4,435 posts)Trump swipes $750,000 worth of art from the US Embassy in France
President Donald Trump swiped some art from the residence of the US ambassador to France during a 2018 visitthe same visit on which he cancelled a trip to visit fallen First World War Marines at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris after allegedly calling the dead suckers and losers.
According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Trump fancied for himself several of the pieces in the ambassadors historic residence in Paris, where he was staying and which serves as the flagship for the State Departments Art in Embassies cultural programme. Without notifying the ambassador, Jamie McCourt, the president and author of The Art of the Deal had a portrait and bust of Benjamin Franklin and a set of silver figurines depicting Greek mythological characters loaded onto Air Force One to bring them back to the White House. A bureaucratic nightmare ensued for the State Department and White House staffers, who worried that the $750,000 cache of art might not be legally transferable. Meanwhile, a flummoxed McCourt was told that she would receive the work back in six yearsor 2024, when a second term of Trumps presidency would theoretically end.
More:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/the-art-of-the-steal-trump-swipes-usd750-000-worth-of-art-from-the-us-embassy-in-france-but-none-of-it-is-the-real-deal
Digger
(478 posts)A gold framed Velvet Elvis seems like a more appealing target for him...I doubt he understands anything about art and artifacts.
madamesilverspurs
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