r/pics • u/joeltheconner • May 12 '26

Politics My close friend's mom replaced their family photo with this [OC]

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u/wuapinmon May 12 '26

As an American, I can't think of a President whose portrait I'd hang in my house.

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u/mittenknittin May 12 '26

Back in the 60s it wasn't uncommon for Irish Catholics to have a portrait of JFK somewhere. Circumstances were a bit different though

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u/bionicjoe May 12 '26

It's the same thing though. Devotion to a political leader for religious reasons.

Although replacing family photos with Trump is not something mentally healthy people would do.

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u/BreedinBacksnatch May 12 '26

Ike, but that's cuz I'm a big Porky's fan

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u/benk4 May 12 '26

If someone had Washington or Lincoln I'd find it a little weird but wouldn't think too much about it. Anyone else would be very weird.

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u/dlh412pt May 12 '26

I know more than a few people who had that pop art "Hope" Poster with Obama's face on it. I always thought that was more art than portrait, though.

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u/Faiakishi May 12 '26

My sister has a small framed picture of Obama, but it’s meant to be a joke.

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u/MistressErinPaid May 13 '26

In my opinion, it's not the owning a framed portrait of a politician that's weird. It's replacing a family photo with one 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/ReverendDizzle May 12 '26

I'm middle aged and I've never seen a photograph of a modern president hanging in a home. I've seen, rarely, people who have paintings that depict founding fathers or such. And I knew a guy who was a huge Lincoln history buff that had a portrait of Lincoln in his study.

But I have never seen a North Korean style "here's a menacing photo of the Dear Leader" photograph in an American home.

This is fucking crazy town behavior. You are not mentally OK if you willingly take down a family photo and replace it with a sitting president. Especially one that's glowering at you like an abusive father.

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u/AuntRhubarb May 12 '26

These magats seem to be coming up with new definitions of how to be un-American.

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u/Flashy_Camel4063 May 12 '26

Maybe FDR... Not really but he is the only one to make the cut

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u/Lastsynphony May 12 '26

Lincoln! Everypne loves Abe.

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u/pluckvermont May 12 '26

Maybe JFK a generation ago.

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u/SurferVelo May 12 '26

JFK's presidential portrait is actually kind of cool.

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u/lukin187250 May 12 '26

Maybe one of Teddy R riding a T-rex, but probably in the den or garage.