ZOOM IN Liberals Livid Over Tiny ‘Hidden Message’ In New Painting Of Trump
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Jon McNaughton is one of the few American artists who are open and unabashed about his support for President Donald Trump. This week, McNaughton unveiled his newest portrait, which features the president teaching a man to fish. A tiny “hidden message” the artist included in his painting, however, has left liberals furious.
McNaughton’s newest work is titled “Teach a Man to Fish” and was formally released this week. “I imagined President Trump sitting next to a young man — a college student,” explained McNaughton in a YouTube video which accompanied the release of his painting. “Trump offers a fishing pole. He listens to Trump’s proposal and looks at the different bait he can use to catch his fish.”
“Each of us has the freedom to choose our own destiny,” added McNaughton. “Trump has suggested through his educational policy that people can be taught a skilled vocation. How will Trump make America great again? I believe this mantra is about giving American citizens an equal opportunity to find success. And equal opportunity is different than equal results.”
While those on the left will not be particularly happy about the premise that Trump is making America great again by offering citizens a handUP instead of a handOUT, you can bet they’re fuming over what’s seen on the ground at the college student’s feet when you zoom into McNaughton’s painting.
On the ground at the man’s feet are the heretical gospels of “socialism” and “social justice,” the twin tyrannies that drive liberals in the 21st century, and are guaranteed to lead the world into the same hellholes they produced in the 20th.
McNaughton’s newest work is loaded with symbolism. It was inspired by the old adage: “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” This principle is symbolic of Donald Trump’s presidency — and of conservatism in general — especially in the wake of Trump’s latest executive order which completely reforms the broken welfare system.
Trump signed the order to reduce poverty in America “by promoting opportunity and economic mobility” and aims to do so by addressing “the challenges of populations that may particularly struggle to find and maintain employment (including single parents, formerly incarcerated individuals, the homeless, substance abusers, individuals with disabilities and disconnected youth).” In other words, he’s teaching people to fish, rather than simply tossing them a tilapia and hoping it holds them over.
Conservatives measure success not by how many people receive government assistance, but by how many don’t. We seek to teach people how to fish so that they don’t have to be reliant on the government for their survival. This is one of the key differences between those on the right and their leftist counterparts.
Democrats have labeled themselves the “Party of the People,” mainly by giving away “free stuff” in exchange for votes. Republicans, however, know that none of these handouts are actually “free.” Someone is paying for them and that “someone” happens to be the hard-working American citizen who would rather put in a ten-hour day at the factory than live on the dole.
Moreover, conservatives realize that helping people become independent of the government is real compassion. By contrast, ensuring that entire demographics are beholden to a certain political party for their welfare checks is modern day slavery.
“I choose to paint from the heart and evoke my personal vision into each painting,” McNaughton says on his website. “I prefer to paint pictures that I believe have relevance to what is going on in the world, that make a statement, that stand for something. I hope people will study the paintings and try to understand the deeper meaning. Some of the themes are controversial, but I feel strongly about what is happening in our world today.”
“There are three kinds of people who view my paintings: Those who like it, those who hate it, and those who simply don’t understand. I am especially interested in this last category,” added the artist. “I hope my work will create conversation and reach people on a deeper level. I like to use metaphor and multiple levels of meaning to reach my viewer. If it makes them think and feel, then it is successful.”
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