The official portraits of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect JD Vance have been released. Trump's pose projects a tough, defiant image, while Vance's exudes smugness and disbelief at his rapid political ascent. The article contrasts their poses and explores the symbolism behind them.
The president-elect’s pose says: here’s a man you can’t get rid of easily. The new vice-president’s says: ‘Can you believe this?’t’s possible that you have seen far more of Donald Trump ’s face than you’d like in recent months. But if you haven’t, then I’ve got great news: the president-elect’s official portrait has now been released.
So just how hard do they go? You can rate them for yourself, but Trump’s somewhat untraditional pose is certainly trying to project “tough guy”. He’s got one eye squinted menacingly and a grim, defiant look on his face. The pose is strikingly similar to hisSide by side, the two pictures tell a remarkable comeback story.
Greene wasn’t entirely wrong, but if any photo won the 2024 election it was probably the picture of a bloodied Trump standing up with a closed fist and the American flag in the background after an assassination attempt last July. “Fight, fight, fight,” Trump was mouthing in the photo. He was clearly thrilled with that picture and used it as the, Save America. His official portrait channels that same energy: here’s a man you can’t get rid of easily, it seems to say.
While Trump’s official portrait might be captioned something like “Fight, fight, fight”, Vance’s portrait caption would be more along the lines of “Woohoo! I can’t believe I managed to pull this off!”Unlike Trump, Vance isn’t putting on a menacing tough guy look. He’s doing a more traditional cross-armed, smile-to-the-camera pose, but he also looks unbelievably smug.
The smugness isn’t the only thing that stands out from Vance’s portrait. Also notable is how undefined his eyes look: this is clearly not a photograph of a man wearing eyeliner. It is possible the photographer was specifically briefed on making sure that the incoming vice-president didn’t look at all like he might be wearing eye makeup because, ever since Vance strutted into the political spotlight, there has been heated debate about the issue.
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