Bức tranh ở Nhà Trắng được Trump yêu thích

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It hangs in the White House, and Trump seems to like the picture. What about the image is striking? I can think of a few things (by prof. tyler cowen):

1. There are no Founding Fathers (tổ phụ lập quốc) in the painting (bức họa, bức tranh), or other references (dẫn chiếu tới) to the more distant past (quá khứ xa xôi), and so "Republicans" are presented as a distinct (riêng biệt, khác biệt) club of their own, above and beyond the broader American tradition. (On the far right, is that Theodore Roosevelt, Vernon Smith, or somebody else?)

2. The first George Bush (upper left), and Gerald Ford, are both denied a "seat at the proverbial table." Bush seems to look on with admiration (ngưỡng mộ). The second George Bush, on the left side of the table seated, appears run down and haggard (hốc hác, phờ phạc), defeated by the job. He looks a wee bit like a paler Obama.

3. Nixon, who had to resign (từ chức), drinks alcohol while Trump seems to have Coca-Cola.

4. Reagan is shown as Trump's only peer, while Eisenhower is the one "closest" to Trump, and the one most appreciative (biết đánh giá, biết thưởng thức). Of course many of Trump's policy preferences (ưu tiên chính sách) seem aimed at returning us to the Eisenhower era in some way (higher tariffs (thuế cao hơn), lower immigration (dân nhập cư ít hơn), less regulation (ít điều tiết/quản lý), etc.)

5. Trump is the only one with a tie, except for TR, and it is a striking red tie (cà vạt đỏ nổi bật).

6. Hoover, Harding, and Coolidge are in the distant back right.

7. It reminds me of a variety of "Last Supper" (bữa tối cuối cùng) paintings, though not Leonardo's. There are twelve of them.

8. The background, with its column and twinklings lights, is reminiscent (gợi nhớ) of late 19th century French impressionism (trường phái ấn tượng).

9. Who is the bearded figure in the foreground, with his back to us? At first I thought it was Mephistopheles, but it turns out to be Lincoln. He is a passive onlooker with weak shoulders, and with no commanding or influential (gây ảnh hưởng) presence of his own.

10. Andy Thomas, the artist, also painted the very different The Democratic Club. You could write a short book on the contrasts between the two paintings, for instance notice the Democrats are drinking beer and have a much wider and open background, with fewer columns.