The Trump-Vance campaign released 'official' portraits of the president-elect and vice president-elect days before their inaugurations. While not the classic White House portraits, these images will serve as the administration's official photos for the transition period and possibly beyond. The campaign highlighted the 'hard-hitting' nature of the photos, which feature Donald Trump and JD Vance.
The Trump - Vance campaign unveiled what it called "official" portraits of the president-elect and vice president-elect on Thursday, just days before their inaugurations.While these are not the classic, official White House portraits, they will serve as the administration’s official photos for the transition period and perhaps beyond."They go hard," the campaign’s release said of the photos showing Donald Trump and JD Vance .Presidents tend to have many portraits.
Artists are commissioned by the White House Historical Association to paint portraits of presidents and first ladies, which are then added to the White House collection.In 1978, President Jimmy Carter unveiled the official White House portraits of former President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford in an East Room ceremony. Carter himself asked not to have a ceremony, but most other presidents and first ladies have taken part in an unveiling ceremony several years after leaving office.
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