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[Syriel]

The news is fake...and so are Trump's paintings. He obviously can't afford to buy the real thing so he pretends his copy is an original.

In a recent interview, Trump biographer Tim O'Brien said he was once told by the future president that his artwork was an original.

But the Chicago Institute of Art says the real painting, Two Sisters (On The Terrace) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, has hung in its gallery for 80 years.

A museum spokesperson said it is "satisfied that our version is real".

"You know, that's an original Renoir," the author said Mr Trump had told him, adding that the property tycoon repeated the claim the following day.

"Donald, it's not," he recalled telling Trump. "I grew up in Chicago, that Renoir is called Two Sisters on the Terrace, and it's hanging on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago.

"That's not an original."

The artwork was later apparently moved to Trump Tower, the author said, saying it was visible in the background of a CBS 60 Minutes interview that Mr Trump gave shortly after his election.

Counterfeit me if old.

Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41686623

 

[Deleted member 20415]

The best counterfeit deals! Probably picked that up on Canal St

 

[SpaceWolf]

Fake hues.

 

[Altazor]

Sad!

 

[LilZippa]

Presidents never lie so I guess the only answer is he had it stolen from Chicago.

 

[uncredited male]

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[CertifiedFP]

"The Chicago Institute of Art uses FAKE APPRAISERS to disparage my integrity and the THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Sad!"

 

[Malvolio]

I'm surprised he didn't ask, "what's a museum?"

 

[x24hrs2livex]

BBC has been fake news for years.

 

[Beartruck]

God I hope he paid A LOT for it. Bless that hustle.

 

[shira]

I bet Trump's version has a taco bowl

 

[Strax]

 

[smurfx]

in his mind it's real and that's all the matters to him and his followers.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

it's like that time he gave charlie sheen cufflinks that were fake

trump is fake

 

[Bronx-Man]

BBC has been fake news for years.

Those are silicone injections

wait....

 

[Fisty]

I'm picturing Trump in a National Treasure-scale heist to swap the two paintings just to prove this guy wrong

 

[Oozer3993]

"I bought it from a tremendous guy on a street corner in Queens. He assured me it was very real."

 

[Shoeless]

I guess Fox and all the rest are just going to claim that the libtards and Democrats are spreading more fake news about Fine American Artists like Renoir, and Trump's unquestionable art historical expertise.

 

[Glass Shark]

Habitual liar keeps lying. His supporters will continue to not care. Fuck the world.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

The real story is that Trump probably really does believe he paid somebody a lot of money for the original.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Fake hues.

Ha

 

[Beartruck]

Trump is a real estate guy right? Someone should try to sell him the Brooklyn bridge.

 

[Syriel]

Presidents never lie so I guess the only answer is he had it stolen from Chicago.

Trump is no Pierce Brosnan.

 

[RevoDS]

In before Trump outlaws the Art Institute of Chicago as a terrorist organization by executive order

 

[SoulUnison]

Compulsive liar lies compulsively - Details at 11.

 

[DrSlek]

Fake hues.

 

[RoboPlato]

He lies about the most pointless, easy to disprove things. Why? I don’t think I’ve seen him make a fully true statement since taking office, no matter how mundane the matter is.

 

[zeemumu]

Is it, or did Trump just confess to buying black market art after the original was replaced with a replica?

 

[Ithil]

I'd ask Trump what Renoir's first name was.

 

[TripleBee]

Surprised he didn't sign the corner and claim he did it.

 

[Master Yoshi]

Fake hues.

Ohmygod

 

[Dead End Irony]

But does he have the original Sayuri painting?

 

[Earthbound64]

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Soooo, he got conned?

 

[buttery fistful]

bad link, abort message

 

[Linkura]

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Hope that jackass paid big bucks for a phony.

 

[cakely]

Fake hues.

Bravo!

 

[B-Dubs]

Soooo, he got conned?

More like he knows it's fake but wants to look richer than he is.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

He lies about the most pointless, easy to disprove things. Why? I don't think I've seen him make a fully true statement since taking office, no matter how mundane the matter is.

Because his entire sense of self-worth is built on a projection of glory and that he is second to none. If he does not have the actual means, he then claims he does, and calls anyone to challenge him a liar. Honestly, he probably just believes he is straight up the greatest man alive.

 

[Clydefrog]

Obama has the original!!

 

[Mr. Poolman]

What would Trump know about art?

I'm surprised he hasn't used his copy as a handkerchief when he eats fried chicken.

 

[Busty]

What if Trump is going senile and he's being ripped off left, right and centre by people claiming to have priceless works of art to sell him?

Imagine how much of tax payers money he's spent on bootleg Blu Rays of Infinity War only to find a CD-R of Shrek when he gets it home.

Upsetting.

 

[jelly]

It was probably a gift or bought from his mafia mates some unsavoury character. The circles Trump involves himself in.

 

[Baroquemantic]

I bet Trump's version has a taco bowl

I think you mean a bucket of KFC.

Fake hues.

Ha!

 

[Haly]

"I don't know, that's just what people tell me. They told me it was an original Renoir. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't."

 

[Mr-Joker]

Trump gotta quit with the bullshit lies, he isn't fooling anyone.

 

[parrotbeak]

He's going to institute military rule in Chicago just to steal the painting.

 

[Kevtones]

Fake hues.

🙏

 

[ZombAid82]

Fake hues.

Either first or second post nails it.
Bravo!