Trump has a corny painting of himself and former presidents hanging in the White House

Here's Trump and Abraham Lincoln chatting over drinks.
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Nicole Gallucci
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Art knows no bounds. That's the only possible explanation for the reality-bending fantasy painting of President Donald Trump that now hangs in the White House, right?

The Andy Thomas painting, titled "The Republican Club," features Trump and several former Republican presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, and Teddy Roosevelt, chatting around a table.

It was seen hanging on a wall of the White House in Trump's 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday and was mercilessly mocked online afterwards.

In the painting, Trump is seen sitting alongside Eisenhower, Nixon, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Ford, Reagan, and the Bushes. And yes, he is presumably drinking a Diet Coke. It's a lot.

The painting reportedly made its way to the White House after California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa showed it to the president, according to Time. Trump apparently loved the painting so much that he called Thomas to tell him.

While many were busy mocking Trump's intense admiration of the fantasy painting, some took note of a blurry-faced woman who appears in the background of this image and "The Democratic Club," a similar painting by Thomas that features Obama seated with Democratic presidents. It turns out the woman was included intentionally to represent a potential future female president.

"That will be the first Republican female president and the first Democratic female president," Thomas told Time. "As I was doing the painting, I was thinking that these guys are kind of intimidating in a way. That's the kind of woman that will be our first woman president; she'll walk right up to that table."

Thomas specializes in this style of painting -- he's made multiple versions featuring past presidents. And we all know how much Trump loves aspirational imagery, as evidenced by that fake Time cover that hung in several of his golf courses.

Those on Twitter who weren't admiring the painting took the time to notice some other details seen in the 60 Minutes interview, like Trump's TV remote and massive jar of Starburst candies.

This has been an extremely telling episode 60 Minutes. Woof!

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Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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