The White House unveils Donald Trump's new official presidential portrait; BUT Grok paints it better!

Another day, another Trump-inspired template for memes!The White House unveiled the new official presidential portrait of Donald Trump on June 2, in an X post. The video shared by the White House shows a person hanging Trump’s new portrait on a wall, followed by a close-up of the photograph.“NEW OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT JUST DROPPED,” the White House captioned the post.The image shows him in a blue suit with a red tie, looking straight ahead with a serious expression. The background is completely black, with lighting focused on the center of his face.

In his last presidential portrait, Trump was seen wearing a blue jacket and blue tie. In the background of the photo, an American flag could be partially seen along with another object on the right side that is brown in color.

Internet’s take:

Whenever there’s new Trump content, it can’t not be a field day for the internet!The unveiling of the new presidential portrait followed the same rule.Notably, this is Trump’s second presidential portrait during his second term as the POTUS. The first one was unveiled earlier this year, in January.This time, netizens asked Grok to paint the presidential portrait of Trump, and boy, the AI Chatbot did not disappoint!Now, Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, based on a large language model (LLM) of the same name, and was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk, who has been (rather, used to be) a great ally of the US President.

Grok is designed to be conversational and is known for its "sense of humor" and direct access to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and when asked to conjure a presidential portrait of Trump, it got to the task!

Upon one internet user’s request, Grok painted Trump, “in the style of a clown,” and for another user, it turned the POTUS’ portrait into a painting of a marble sculpture!

That’s not it.Now that Trump and tacos go hand-in-hand, Grok put a plate of tacos right inside the frame!

If that was not enough, another internet user hailed Trump as the Taco Lord with a taco-inspired costume and a taco-like headgear and called it the ‘preferred’ portrait.

Not just that, one internet user commented that the presidential portrait of Trump, “Looks like sh**”,” while another went into a full-blown frenzy, saying, “Looks like someone painted a haunted rotisserie chicken just moments before it asked to suspend the Constitution. I've seen less tension in a gas station Bigfoot drawing.”

What is a presidential portrait?

A presidential portrait is an official depiction of a sitting head of state, often commissioned to commemorate their time in office and to serve as a lasting representation of their legacy.

The tradition first started with Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington, and has continued with most subsequent presidents. These portraits are typically displayed in governmental institutions such as the White House, national galleries, and legislative buildings, where they contribute to the historical record and public memory.Trump’s first official presidential portrait was released the day before his inauguration during his first term as the US President and was used for the official @POTUS X account until May 5, 2017. The National Portrait Gallery commissioned his painting, using donations from Trump's Save America PAC. A new portrait for Trump’s second term was unveiled on January 17, 2025, when Trump commenced his second term as the POTUS.

The latest portrait was announced on June 2.