{"id":270703,"date":"2026-02-06T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270703\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:04:10","slug":"the-longer-i-look-at-this-trump-orchestra-painting-the-stranger-it-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270703\/","title":{"rendered":"The longer I look at this Trump orchestra painting, the stranger it gets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has been known to share surreal artworks depicting him in various grandiose settings. But if you thought Trump’s May the 4th artwork<\/a> was weird, wait until you see this orchestral number.<\/p>\n

Artist Jon McNaughton, known for his paintings of US conservative figures, shared a new work titled MAGA Symphony, depicting, yes, the whole MAGA clan playing in an orchestra conducted, yes, by Trump himself. Subtle, this is not.<\/p>\n

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\"MAGA\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Jon McNaughton)<\/p>\n

“You can feel it\u2014the music is coming together\u2014rising and stirring something deep inside,” McNaughton wrote on Facebook “It\u2019s the sound of a nation waking up and remembering who it is. When Americans pull together and trust a shared vision, they create something strong, lasting, and bigger than any one person. This is the MAGA symphony of our time.”<\/p>\n

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The orchestra contains figures including the highly memed<\/a> JD Vance, Trump’s son Barron, and his wife Melania. McNaughton has provided a handy identification chart for those with time on their hands.<\/p>\n

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\"MAGA\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Jon McNaughton)<\/p>\n

If you think the artwork looks odd from a distance, look closer. Is that Elon playing the electric guitar? Is that the late Charlie Kirk on the violin? And why are there no music stands?<\/p>\n

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But one person’s definitely a fan: Donald Trump. The president took to ‘Truth Social’ (me neither) to share a clip of the painting, soundtracked by Queen’s ‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’<\/p>\n

Suddenly that six-fingered Trump<\/a> image doesn’t look so weird.<\/p>\n

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