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highplainsdem

(60,684 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 11:51 AM 18 hrs ago

Trump plays MAGA conductor in bizarre new painting with Charlie Kirk in the orchestra

Last edited Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Independent

Donald Trump has shared a bizarre new painting in which he acts as the conductor of a MAGA orchestra.

The president posted a video of the image accompanied by the Queen song “Who Wants to Live Forever”. The band has previously asked Trump to stop using their songs in his online campaign videos.

In the painting by Jon McNaughton, described as “America’s most popular relentlessly pro-Trump artist”, the conductor-in-chief stands front and centre whilst allies and government officials are sat on stage.

Notable figures in the “MAGA Symphony” include the late Charlie Kirk playing a violin, press secretary Karoline Leavitt strumming a harp, and former First Buddy Elon Musk with an electric guitar.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-maga-charlie-kirk-orchestra-painting-video-b2911431.html



See replies 1 and 13 below for the painting and the video Trump posted.
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Trump plays MAGA conductor in bizarre new painting with Charlie Kirk in the orchestra (Original Post) highplainsdem 18 hrs ago OP
. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #1
Notice it's blondes to the front, people of color to the back. CBHagman 18 hrs ago #2
That's because there are very few people of color in his administration. Lonestarblue 18 hrs ago #5
It looks like all his enablers Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #6
Naw, Donny would never do all the work of conducting the orchestra. tanyev 18 hrs ago #4
Thanks! I just found this video, posted on Bluesky & X by a liberal psychologist in the Netherlands - highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #13
What... and I cannot emphasize this enough... the fuck???? Initech 17 hrs ago #14
Rush Limbaugh on timpani? nuxvomica 16 hrs ago #17
Charlie Kirk... GiqueCee 26 min ago #33
Whoa, it is getting weirder all the time, if that's possible PatSeg 16 hrs ago #18
Where's Eric? sinkingfeeling 10 hrs ago #24
Cringeworthy thought crime 5 hrs ago #28
It needs more Obama trampling the Constitution. NT mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago #3
Kid Rock sym phony orchestra. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #7
More like the "Tone-deaf Symphony of the Absurd". sinkingfeeling 17 hrs ago #8
Trumpsky preparing for the first movement. Harker 17 hrs ago #9
He likes it when they clap between his movements Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #26
And meanwhile... EuterpeThelo 17 hrs ago #10
Ugh... Hey Joe 17 hrs ago #11
🤣😂🤣😂🤣...... Hope22 17 hrs ago #15
This man's constant, never ending need to be the main character of everything is so fucking weird. Initech 17 hrs ago #12
It's always this fake, made up, fantasy land bullshit Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #27
Not even AI could... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #16
...would like to see him join Charlie Kirk in the orchestra.... joanbarnes 16 hrs ago #19
? Kash Patel, ? Vance, AND Melahhhnia w hat on Cellos electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #20
A scene in hell 100 years from now orangecrush 16 hrs ago #21
The vast majority of them are too stupid to know which end of the violin goes under their chin. Vinca 15 hrs ago #22
Now MAGA will start claiming that Trump Quanto Magnus 11 hrs ago #23
What's the difference between a bull and Trump conducting an orchestra? LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #25
The Fat Fuck Philharmonic Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #29
Stephen Miller on the kazoo? Grins 4 hrs ago #30
Sweet dreams my prince. SalamanderSleeps 4 hrs ago #31
McNaughton should... GiqueCee 30 min ago #32

CBHagman

(17,447 posts)
2. Notice it's blondes to the front, people of color to the back.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 11:59 AM
18 hrs ago

What a scary time to be alive.

Lonestarblue

(13,315 posts)
5. That's because there are very few people of color in his administration.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:12 PM
18 hrs ago

Perfect image for Republicans obediently playing to his sole command.

Lifeafter70

(798 posts)
6. It looks like all his enablers
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:13 PM
18 hrs ago

If look closely at the original post you will see bondi and all his cabinet. Even Barron is there.

tanyev

(48,816 posts)
4. Naw, Donny would never do all the work of conducting the orchestra.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:11 PM
18 hrs ago

He'd stand in front while they play to him, doing his weird side to side dance.

highplainsdem

(60,684 posts)
13. Thanks! I just found this video, posted on Bluesky & X by a liberal psychologist in the Netherlands -
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:12 PM
17 hrs ago

but I have to post her copy from X because she has her Bluesky account set so those posts don't appear elsewhere:





You can find the Bluesky copy of the post if you go to her account there:
https://bsky.app/profile/drmarina.bsky.social

nuxvomica

(13,944 posts)
17. Rush Limbaugh on timpani?
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:07 PM
16 hrs ago

Only dead one I found. Holman on the French horn, Bannon on tuba, Roger Stone on bass, Musk on electric guitar, Melania under hat, etc... ugh... etc. Note that the only instrument without a player is the Revolutionary-era drum, the symbol of American values. Quite appropriate that nobody in this band can play it.

PatSeg

(52,452 posts)
18. Whoa, it is getting weirder all the time, if that's possible
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:08 PM
16 hrs ago

Do you think there are enough American flags???

EuterpeThelo

(249 posts)
10. And meanwhile...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:59 PM
17 hrs ago

Sir Brian May has just announced that Queen (or what remains of it - sorry, I'm a Freddie purist!) will no longer tour the U.S. because it is too dangerous here. How DARE that orange slime arrogate the works of one of the greatest singers and lyricists of our time (and a gay immigrant to boot)!!!!!

Hey Joe

(480 posts)
11. Ugh...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:07 PM
17 hrs ago

What insane garbage.
Jabba the orange has a tin ear and couldn’t direct a circle jerk, much less an orchestra.

Hope22

(4,528 posts)
15. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣......
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:25 PM
17 hrs ago

I had a thought bubble but you filled in the words! Thank you!!

Initech

(107,861 posts)
12. This man's constant, never ending need to be the main character of everything is so fucking weird.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:11 PM
17 hrs ago

Like this is an uncharted territory level of narcissism.

Blue Owl

(58,501 posts)
27. It's always this fake, made up, fantasy land bullshit
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:33 AM
5 hrs ago

Meanwhile the MAGAmorons are enchanted…..

Vinca

(53,499 posts)
22. The vast majority of them are too stupid to know which end of the violin goes under their chin.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:24 PM
15 hrs ago

LudwigPastorius

(14,347 posts)
25. What's the difference between a bull and Trump conducting an orchestra?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:27 AM
5 hrs ago


With a bull, the horns are in the front and the asshole's in the back.

Grins

(9,311 posts)
30. Stephen Miller on the kazoo?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:48 AM
4 hrs ago

Or should Kirk have been the one on the harp? (Nah. I can’t see it either.)

GiqueCee

(3,565 posts)
32. McNaughton should...
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:11 AM
30 min ago

... have his artistic license revoked. It's a shame that his talent was wasted on such a pitiful piece of dreck.

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