EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump 'Considering Ozempic' After Ripping Down Portrait That Made Him Look Like 'Chubby White Version of Barack Obama'
Donald Trump is 'considering' using weight-loss drug Ozempic after his 'chubby' portrait gave him a complex.
March 25 2025, Published 1:31 p.m. ET
Donald Trump is "considering" using weight-loss drug Ozempic after tearing down an unflattering portrait inside the State Capitol in Colorado.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the painting has given the president a complex, and he's now thinking about overhauling his appearance, according to insiders, having complained the picture made him look like a "chubby white version of Barack Obama."
Trump complained the portrait made him look a 'chubby white version of Barack Obama'.
A source told RadarOnline.com: "Trump isn't impressed with the portrait, he ordered to come down straight away.
"He genuinely thought it made him look huge, and if that's what he really looks like, maybe Ozempic is the way to go."
Taking to his Truth Social platform, Trump railed against the picture, claiming it was "purposefully distorted" and berated the artist behind the portrait.
Amid the outcry, Republican lawmakers requested the painting be removed.
"If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, then that's up to them," Democrats said.
The portrait was by British artist Sarah Boardman, who Trump claims 'lost her talent as she got older'.
But, Senate Republicans claimed removing the portrait is in line with tradition.
"The removal of this portrait was made to honor pre-existing tradition: President Grover Cleveland only received one portrait that depicts him during his second term," they claimed.
GOP leaders say they want a portrait that resembles Trump more.
The portrait will now be stored in the History Colorado museum in Denver.
It's not yet known if another Trump portrait will be commissioned.
The nature of the picture sparked division among visitors to the Colorado State Capitol.
"Honestly he looks a little chubby," Aaron Howe, a tourist from Wyoming said.
But, others thought Trump looked fine.
Trump demanded the portrait was taken down from inside the State Capitol in Colorado..
"I guess he’s smoother than all the other ones," Trump fan Kaylee Williamson, 18, added.
On Truth Social, Trump lashed out at Sarah Boardman — the artist behind the portrait — claiming she lost talent as she aged.
“The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst," he wrote.
"She must have lost her talent as she got older."
Boardman defended the painting, stressing that the president needed to look neutral.
"My portrait of President Trump has been called thoughtful, non-confrontational, not angry, not happy, not tweeting," she said.
Trump said Boardman's painting was 'truly the worst' in his stinging attack at the artist.
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"In five, 10, 15, 20 years, he will be another president on the wall who is only historical background, and he needs to look neutral."
Boardman claimed she takes personal feelings out of artwork when she produces a piece.
Trump also lashed out at Colorado governor Jared Polis in his Truth Social tirade, claiming he should be "ashamed."
In his first presidential portrait, Trump beamed for the cameras, while in his second, he looked steely-eyed.
The second portrait resembles his mugshot taken after he was arrested in Georgia in August 2023 as part of an electoral interference probe.
Trump scowled in the historic picture in what was the first-ever mugshot of a then former US president.
It was one of four indictments leveled against Trump after he left office in 2021.
