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      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

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      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.

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        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.

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    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.

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

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

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    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.